4 Forms of Social Realism: Unemployment in Contemporary Narratives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction: Contemporary German Literature and Cultural Globalization 1
5. 1 Effects of Globalization on the Literary Marketplace and Contemporary Authorship 19
6. 2 Globalizing German Literature: Literary Debates around the Millennium 57
7. 3 Brave New Work World: Narratives of the New Economy 89
8. 4 Forms of Social Realism: Unemployment in Contemporary Narratives 129
9. 5 Traveling Without Moving? Narratives of (Im)Mobility 147
10. 6 Coda: Piles of Authenticity: Narrating 09/11 189
11. Works Cited 201
12. Index 227