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Transnationalism in Contemporary German-Language Literature

By Elisabeth Herrmann

Transnationalism in Contemporary German-Language Literature Contemporary literature

Transnationalism in Contemporary German-Language Literature

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"Transnationalism" has become a key term in debates in the social sciences and humanities, reflecting concern with today's unprecedented flows of commodities, fashions, ideas, and people across national borders. Forced and unforced mobility, intensified cross-border economic activity due to globalization, and the rise of trans- and supranational organizations are just some of the ways in which we now live both within, across, and beyond national borders. Literature has always been a means of border crossing and transgression-whether by tracing physical movement, reflecting processes of cultural transfer, traveling through space and time, or mapping imaginary realms. It is also becoming more and more a "moving medium" that creates a transnational space by circulating around the world, both reflecting on the reality of transnationalism and participating in it. This volume refines our understanding of transnationalism both as a contemporary reality and as a concept and an analytical tool. Engaging with the work of such writers as Christian Kracht, Ilija Trojanow, Julya Rabinowich, Charlotte Roche, Helene Hegemann, Antje Ravic Strubel, Juli Zeh, Friedrich Durrenmatt, and Wolfgang Herrndorf, it builds on the excellent work that has been done in recent years on "minority" writers; German-language literature, globalization, and "world literature"; and gender and sexuality in relation to the "nation." ~~~~ CONTRIBUTORS: Hester Baer, Anke S. Biendarra, Claudia Breger, Katharina Gerstenberger, Elisabeth Herrmann, Christina Kraenzle, Maria Mayr, Tanja Nusser, Lars Richter, Carrie Smith-Prei, Faye Stewart, Stuart Taberner. ~~~~~ ELISABETH HERRMANN is Associate Professor of German at Stockholm University. CARRIE SMITH-PREI is Associate Professor of German at the University of Alberta. STUART TABERNER is Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society at the University of Leeds and is a Research Associate in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch; German and French at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Product details
Number of Pages:
294
Release Date:
2015-09-15
Publication Date:
2015-09-15
Publisher:
Camden House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1571139257
ISBN13:
9781571139252
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
631 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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