Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1: Representing Euthanasia; Reclaiming Popular Culture 10
7. 2: Heteroglossia from Grimmelshausen to the Grimm Brothers 28
8. 3: The Dwarf and Nazi Body Politics 49
9. 4: Oskar’s Dysfunctional Family and Gender Politics 77
10. 5: Oskar as Fool, Harlequin, and Trickster, and the Politics of Sanity 97
11. 6: Gypsies, the Picaresque Novel, and the Politics of Social Integration 124
12. Epilogue: Beyond Die Blechtrommel: Germans as Victims in Im Krebsgang 152
13. Works Cited 161
14. Index 171