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This collection of fifteen essays revisits the question of German identity. Unlike previous books on this topic, however, it does not focus exclusively on national identity in the aftermath of Hitler. Instead, it concentrates on the plurality of ethnic, sexual, political, geographical, and cultural identities in modern Germany, and on their often fragmentary nature as the country struggles with the challenges of unification and international developments such as globalization, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. The multifaceted nature of German identity demands a variety of approaches: thus the essays are interdisciplinary, drawing upon historical, sociological, and literary sources to offer a nuanced understanding of the complex question of identity in todays Germany.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The new self-understanding of the Berlin Republic, Brunssen; filling the blanks - Berlin as a public showcase, Zitzlsperger; Das Kunsthaus Tacheles - the 1990s Berlin architecture debate in micro-historical context, Stewart; normalising cultural memory, Schoedel; "Glucklose Engel" - fictions of German history, Leeder; successful failure? The impact of the German Democratic Student Movement on the Federal Republic of Germany, Cornils; the PDS - CSU des Ostens? - Heimat and the Left, Thompson; "An Helligkeit Ragt In Europa Vor Allem Mei'Sachsenland Vor" - Prime Minister Biedenkopf and the myth of Saxon identity, Szejnmann; unifying a gendered state - women in post-1989 Germany, Lang; "Zugzwang" or "Stillstand", Ward; on the function of the foreign in the novels "Andere Umstande" and "Seit di Gotter ratlos sind", Skare; migration experiences and the construction of identity among Turks living in Germany, Kolinsky; diasporic identity in Emine Sevgi Ozdamar's "Mutterzunge", Littler; difficult stories - generation, genealogy, gender, Gerstenberger; drowning or waving - German literature today, Parkes.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
STUART TABERNER is Lecturer in German, and FRANK FINLAY is Professor of German and Head of the Department of German, both at the University of Leeds, UK.
