Reimagining the European Family - Cultures of Immigration

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.

Table des matières

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?

A propos de l'auteur

Patricia Simpson is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Professor of German Studies at Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.

Résumé

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.

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Détails du produit

• Auteurs: P Simpson, P. Simpson
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.12.2013
• EAN: 9781349475858
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47585-8
• Pages: 200
• Thèmes: Studies in European Culture and History; Studies in European Culture an; Studies in European Culture an; Studies in European Culture and History
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres; 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