Women Writers and National Identity - Bachmann, Duden, Özdamar

Stephanie Bird presents a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female and national identity within the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird stresses the importance of understanding ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Ö zdamar. She studies the three writers closely and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to clarify the complex nature of individual identity. This book will be of interest to literary and womens studies scholars as well as Germanists.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephanie Bird
• Con la collaborazione di: H. B. Nisbet (Editore), Martin Swales (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.09.2003
• EAN: 9780521824064
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82406-4
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 550 g
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000