Women Writers and National Identity - Bachmann, Duden, Oezdamar

Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Bird is Lecturer in German at University College London. She is the author of Recounting Historical Women (1998) and of articles in journals, including MLR, Austrian Studies and FMLS. Klappentext Bird offers an analysis of female identity and national identity in the works of three twentieth-century German-language women writers. Zusammenfassung Stephanie Bird offers a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female identity and national identity in the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers: Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Özdamar. This book will be of interest to literary and women's studies scholars as well as Germanists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Ingeborg Machmann: the Todesarten Prose: 1. Franza and the righteous servant; 2. On sharks and shame; 3. Malina: experience and feminism; Part II. Anne duden: The Suffering Body: 4. The short stories: thoughts on the body and ethics; 5. Desire and complicity in Das Judasschaf; Part III. Emine Özdamar: Performance and Metaphor: 6. Tradition out of context; 7. Metaphor's creative spark; Conclusion: das war es; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Bird, Stephanie (University College London) Bird, Stephanie Rose Bird
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521109888
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10988-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in German
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories