Re-Imagining the European Family - Cultures of Immigration

Zusatztext to come Informationen zum Autor Patricia Simpson is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Professor of German Studies at Montana State University, Bozeman, USA. Klappentext Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany. Zusammenfassung Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Re-imagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration 1. Defining the 'German' Family in the European Context: Men at Work 2. Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders 3. Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families 4. Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity 5. Immigration Nations: Comedy and The New Family Conclusion: Post-Familial Europe?

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Introduction: Re-imagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration 1. Defining the 'German' Family in the European Context: Men at Work 2. Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders 3. Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families 4. Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity 5. Immigration Nations: Comedy and The New Family Conclusion: Post-Familial Europe?

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• Authors: P Simpson, P. Simpson, Patricia Anne Simpson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2013
• EAN: 9781137371836
• ISBN: 978-1-137-37183-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Studies in European Culture and History; Studies in European Culture an; Studies in European Culture an; Studies in European Culture and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Ethnic Studies, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Family, Society & culture: general, Film History, Sociology: family & relationships, Ethnicity, Media and Communication, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, families, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Ethnology—Europe, European Culture, Families—Social aspects, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Motion pictures—History, Film history, theory & criticism