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Subject(s)

• German literature—Women authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• Austrian literature—Women authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• Women and literature—Europe, German-speaking [Browse]
• National characteristics, German, in literature [Browse]
• National characteristics, Austrian, in literature [Browse]
• Gender identity in literature [Browse]
• Postmodernism (Literature) [Browse]

Series

• Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]
• Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture ; v. 129

Summary note

How can postmodern subjectivity be ethically conceived? What can literature contribute to this project? What role do "gender" and "nation" play in the construction of contemporary identities? 'Nomadic Ethics' broaches these questions, exploring the work of five women writers who live outside of the German-speaking countries or thematize a move away from them: Birgit Vanderbeke, Dorothea Grünzweig, Antje Rávic Strubel, Anna Mitgutsch, and Barbara Honigmann. It draws on work by Rosi Braidotti, Sara Ahmed, and Judith Butler to develop a nomadic ethics, examining how the writers under discussion conceptualize contemporary German and Austrian identities -- especially but not only gender identities -- in instructive ways. The book engages with a number of critical issues in contemporary German studies: globalization; green thought; questions of gender and sexuality; East (and West) German identities; Austrianness; the postmemory of the Holocaust; and Jewishness. In this way, Nomadic Ethics offers a valuable contribution to debates about the nature of German studies itself, as well as insightful readings of the individual authors and texts concerned.-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Print version record.

ISBN

• 9781571138385
• 1571138382

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