# Genre Studies [Wikipedia Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_genre) ( ongoing ) ## Description Film genre theory, particularly gender and genre in German and international cinema, including the marginalization of women filmmakers within genre historiography — as in the case of [[Lotte Reiniger]] and *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* (1926). ## Key Tags #genre-studies #film-theory #gender ## Essential Works - Fisher, Jaimey, ed. *Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations* - edited volume on German genre cinema and its deviations from Hollywood models - Taylor, K. Vivian. *National Identity, Gender, and Genre: The Multiple Marginalization of Lotte Reiniger and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)* - study of gender and genre marginalization through Reiniger's case ## Details ### Key Theorists - Jaimey Fisher - editor of a foundational volume on German genre cinema - K. Vivian Taylor - theorized gender and genre marginalization via Lotte Reiniger's *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* ### Exemplary Practitioners ### Related Concepts ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions %% none yet %% ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography _Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess_. n.d. Fisher, Jaimey, ed. _Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations_. Boydell & Brewer, 2013. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt31nhth](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt31nhth). Taylor, K Vivian. _National Identity, Gender, and Genre: The Multiple Marginalization of Lotte Reiniger and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)_. n.d.