A new reading of Fassbinder's most popular film that highlights the roles of race and gender.

Rising from the Ashes
Race and Gender in Postwar German Society
An Explosive Beginning
Milking Melodrama
Drama in Black and White
Love Stories Set in a War Zone
Undermining Melodrama
Fassbinder's Style
Music
A War Widow?
Coca Cola-nization
Intersectionality
The Melodrama of Race
Economic Wonderwoman
An Explosive Ending
Afterlife on the Stage
Credits
Notes