Transnationalism in Contemporary German-Language Literature

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Transnationalism in Contemporary German-Language Literature

Edited by: Elisabeth Herrmann , C. Smith-Prei / E. C. Smith-Prei / E. Herrmann and Stuart Taberner

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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Volume 166 | Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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Investigates the concept of transnationalism and its significance in and for German-language literature and culture.

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Taberner Stuart :

STUART TABERNER is Professor of German at the University of Leeds, UK. He is Research Associate in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

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Literary Studies German Literature German Literature, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Contemporary German- Language Literature and Transnationalism Elisabeth Herrmann, Carrie Smith-Prei and Stuart Taberner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Contexts
1: How Does Transnationalism Redefine Contemporary Literature? Elisabeth Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2: Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Literary World-Building in the Twenty- First Century Stuart Taberner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3: Affect, Aesthetics, Biopower, and Technology: Political Interventions into Transnationalism Carrie Smith-Prei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part II. Texts
4: “On the Plane to Bishkek or in the Airport of Tashkent”: Transnationalism and Notions of Home in Recent German Literature Katharina Gerstenberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5: Transnationalism, Colonial Loops, and the Vicissitudes of Cosmopolitan Affect: Christian Kracht’s Imperium and Teju Cole’s Open City Claudia Breger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
6: Writing Travel in the Global Age: Transnationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Reworking of Generic Conventions of Travel Literature in Ilija Trojanow’s An den inneren Ufern Indiens and Nomade auf vier Kontinenten Christina Kraenzle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7: Europe’s Invisible Ghettos: Transnationalism and Neoliberal Capitalism in Julya Rabinowich’s Die Erdfresserin Maria Mayr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
8: Precarious Sexualities, Neoliberalism, and the Pop-Feminist Novel: Charlotte Roche’s Feuchtgebiete and Helene Hegemann’s Axolotl Roadkill as Transnational Texts Hester Baer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
9: Dislocation, Multiplicity, and Transformation: Posttransnationalism in Antje Rávic Strubel’s Kältere Schichten der Luft and Vom Dorf Faye Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
10: Cultural Dichotomies and Lived Transnationalism in Recent Russian-German Narratives Anke S. Biendarra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
11: “Wo geh ich her? . . . Wo komm ich hin?”: Delineating Transnational Spaces in the Work of Juli Zeh Lars Richter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
12: Transnational Politics in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Der Auftrag and Wolfgang Herrndorf’s Sand Tanja Nusser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Appendix: Interview with Ilija Trojanow Elisabeth Herrmann and Carrie Smith-Prei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

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September 15, 2015

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9781782045694

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292

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782045694

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Transnationalism; German-Language Literature; Globalization; Literary Studies; Cultural Transfer; Identity; Literature; Contemporary German Authors

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