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Christiane F.

108 statements
20 feature instances
8 referencing feature instances

Christiane F.	type	TVTItem
Christiane F.	label	Christiane F.
Christiane F.	page	ChristianeF
Christiane F.	comment	Christiane F. (Original German title: Wir Kinder von Bahnhof Zoo (translation: We, Children from Bahnhof Zoo note Bahnhof Zoo is a Berlin train station near the Berlin Zoo. As it serves both mainline intercity rail and the Berlin U- and S-Bahn, it's a major interchange for all kinds of wayfarers, its location near a major tourist attraction aside.) is a 1979 autobiography by a young teenage girl who became a heroin prostitute in Berlin during the late 1970s. Her story was compiled by two journalists who met her when she testified in a court case, who dubbed her as Christiane F. to protect her identity. The book caused a stir in Germany and was translated in many languages, even made into a 1982 movie, featuring the music of David Bowie.Today, Christiane is still alive, but not in good health. For decades she tried to quit her habit, but always she eventually rolled back into it. She also contracted hepatitis C from an infected needle in the late 1980s. A follow-up to her book, Mein Zweites Leben [My Second Life] was published in 2013, chronicling her life after the release of Christiane F. with the intention of clearing all the false tales and misinterpretations about her life since then and trying to make people aware how she doesn't recommend what she did and what happened to her over all those years at all. In 2014 she publicly announced that she was more or less at death's door and didn't expect to make it much longer. However, as of 2022, she is still alive.
Christiane F.	fetched	2023-10-06T00:04:54Z
Christiane F.	parsed	2023-10-06T00:04:54Z
Christiane F.	isPartOf	DBTropes
Christiane F. / int_146f8df0	type	Situational Sexuality
Christiane F. / int_146f8df0	comment	Situational Sexuality: Many of the boys, including Detlef (who is in a heterosexual relationship with Christiane) work as homosexual prostitutes, despite being basically hetero. It's a point of conflict for Christiane, because she and Detlef need the income but she is uncomfortable with his being "queer."
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Christiane F. / int_1c090ec2	type	Troubled Sympathetic Bigot
Christiane F. / int_1c090ec2	comment	Troubled Sympathetic Bigot: Christiane refers to "foreigners" (from the Middle East) as "wogs" and displays a casual racism and homophobia throughout the text.
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Christiane F. / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Christiane F. / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Christiane refers to Babsi and Stella together most of the time. Also Detlef's roommates Axel and Bernd, and the "two Tinas."
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Christiane F. / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
Christiane F. / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: Most of the clients, to varying degrees. Remember, some of these girls are as young as 12, and most under the age of 15.
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Christiane F. / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Christiane F. / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Christiane's father divorces their mother and the girls don't get along with their stepfather. Their mother works a lot and doesn't seem to notice what her kids are doing until it's too late.
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Christiane F. / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
Christiane F. / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: All of the young people in the book are known by their first name and last initial, apparently because of the rules of the German press regarding minors.
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Christiane F. / int_6cb1745e	type	Streetwalker
Christiane F. / int_6cb1745e	comment	Streetwalker: There are two main areas where the young girls work: outside the discotheque (these are called b.p.'s or "baby prostitutes" and provide their services for the price of admission and a pop) and in the Zoo (subway) station. An unusual example of the trope because these are very young girls age 12-14, not the stereotype of the hardened druggie that appears on the trope page.
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Christiane F. / int_70506bc7	type	Going Cold Turkey
Christiane F. / int_70506bc7	comment	Going Cold Turkey: Several examples, throughout the book. An unusual case, in that "cold turkey" refers not just to quitting drugs and getting clean, but the withdrawal symptoms (dry mouth, etc.) that signal the junkie needs to "fix."
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Christiane F. / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Christiane F. / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Christiane loves animals and tries to be a good girl until her addiction takes over.
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Christiane F. / int_7f1be21	type	Functional Addict
Christiane F. / int_7f1be21	comment	Functional Addict: Christiane attends school during the day and spends her afternoons in her junkie activities.
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Christiane F. / int_87e61eb8	type	Germanic Depressives
Christiane F. / int_87e61eb8	comment	Germanic Depressives: It could be read this way, but the characters are really just moody teens. The setting, however, is pretty depressing, with its pavement and highrises. Christiane hates it, too.
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Christiane F. / int_98ba5dfe	type	Unproblematic Prostitution
Christiane F. / int_98ba5dfe	comment	Unproblematic Prostitution: Christiane and her friends are fascinated by Playboy magazine because it shows a world of "clean" sex with no johns, no drugs, and so on.
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Christiane F. / int_ac9cac61	type	Scare 'Em Straight
Christiane F. / int_ac9cac61	comment	Scare 'Em Straight: The original intention of publishing Christiane's life story.
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Christiane F. / int_ad786c6b	type	Hookers and Blow
Christiane F. / int_ad786c6b	comment	Hookers and Blow: Most of the story, of course.
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Christiane F. / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Christiane F. / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Christiane's father, until she's about 11 years old. She takes this as normal, though, because most of the fathers in Gropiusstadt are this way.
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Christiane F. / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Christiane F. / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Christiane attends a David Bowie concert in the book. In the film version David Bowie actually agreed to make an appearance to recreate this scene, performing two of his hits— "Station to Station" and "'Heroes'"— from around that time period. Thanks to the film they became even more popular.
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Christiane F. / int_ecbf37ff	type	Disposable Sex Worker
Christiane F. / int_ecbf37ff	comment	Disposable Sex Worker: Averted with Christiane, but not her friend Babsi. Babsi overdosed at the age of 14, the youngest victim of Berlin's heroin epidemic.
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Christiane F. / int_f0f03464	type	TheSeventies
Christiane F. / int_f0f03464	comment	The '70s: And how. Discotheques, platforms and high-heeled boots (on boys), David Bowie and all the music of the era, long straight hair parted in the middle. The list goes on and on. Despite being an Unintentional Period Piece, the book has stood up and is as relevant today as it was nearly forty years ago.
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Christiane F. / int_f19255b6	type	Pushover Parents
Christiane F. / int_f19255b6	comment	Pushover Parents: Christiane's mother, who believes the lies that Christiane tells her. Averted with Kessi's mother, who finds the girl wasted in a subway station and delivers a slap before dragging Kessi home.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

David Bowie (Franchise)	seeAlso	Christiane F.
ChristianeF	seeAlso	Christiane F.
Christiane F.	hasFeature	Free-Range Children / int_597fe68d
Christiane F.	hasFeature	Functional Addict / int_597fe68d
Christiane F.	hasFeature	Going Cold Turkey / int_597fe68d
Christiane F.	hasFeature	Misery Lit / int_597fe68d
Christiane F.	hasFeature	Mood Lighting / int_597fe68d
Christiane F.	hasFeature	The Red Stapler / int_597fe68d

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