Nomadic ethics in contemporary women's writing in German : strange subjects

Summary: How can postmodern subjectivity be ethically conceived? What can literature contribute to this project? What role do "gender" and "nation" play in the construction of contemporary identities? 'Nomadic Ethics' broaches these questions, exploring the work of five women writers who live outside of the German-speaking countries or thematize a move away from them: Birgit Vanderbeke, Dorothea Gr�unzweig, Antje R�avic Strubel, Anna Mitgutsch, and Barbara Honigmann. It draws on work by Rosi Braidotti, Sara Ahmed, and Judith Butler to develop a nomadic ethics, examining how the writers under discussion conceptualize contemporary German and Austrian identities -- especially but not only gender identities -- in instructive ways. The book engages with a number of critical issues in contemporary German studies: globalization; green thought; questions of gender and sexuality; East (and West) German identities; Austrianness; the postmemory of the Holocaust; and Jewishness. In this way, Nomadic Ethics offers a valuable contribution to debates about the nature of German studies itself, as well as insightful readings of the individual authors and texts concerned.--

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ISBN: 9781571135360
ISBN: 1571135367
ISBN: 9781571138385
ISBN: 9781283836449
ISBN: 1571138382
ISBN: 1283836440
Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages).
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Publisher: Rochester, New York : Camden House, [2012]
Copyright: �2012

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General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : developing a nomadic ethics -- Seeing strangely : Birgit Vanderbeke's ways of knowing -- Creature comforts : economadism in the work of Dorothea Gr�unzweig -- Disorientations : queer, East German nomadism in the work of Antje R�avic Strubel -- Uncanny returns : Anna Mitgutsch's Austrian nomadic postmemory -- Facing the other : Barbara Honigmann and Jewish nomadic ethics.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.