New masculinities in contemporary German literature : from native to transnational / Frauke Matthes.
Matthes, Frauke.
2023
PN849.E87
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Title New masculinities in contemporary German literature : from native to transnational / Frauke Matthes.
Author Matthes, Frauke.
ISBN 9783031103186 (electronic bk.)
3031103181 (electronic bk.)
3031103173
9783031103179
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10318-6
Imprint Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-10318-6 doi
Call Number PN849.E87
Dewey Decimal Classification 809.8943
Summary Frauke Matthes probes themes of difference, desire and cultural (dis-)location in contemporary German fiction, illuminating the ambivalent and varied realities of masculinity in compelling readings of texts by five prominent male authors. With its welcome emphasis on writers who are culturally other to a hegemonic German mainstream, the study diversifies and deepens critical perspectives on lived and imagined masculinities within the wider landscape of global neoliberal ecocidal capitalism.--Caitrona N Dhill, Professor of German, University College Cork, Ireland The complex nexus between masculinity and national identity has long troubled, but also fascinated the German cultural imagination. This has become apparent again since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the turn of the millennium when transnational developments have noticeably shaped Germanys self-perception as a nation. This book examines the social and political impact of transnationalism with reference to current discourses of masculinity in novels by five contemporary male German-language authors. Specifically, it analyses how conceptions of the masculine interact with those of nationality, ethnicity, and otherness in the selected texts and assesses the new masculinities that result from those interactions. Exploring how local discourses of masculinity become part of transnational contexts in contemporary writing, the book moves a consideration of masculinities from a "native" into a transnational sphere. Frauke Matthes is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is the author and co-editor of several books and articles on contemporary German-language writing, masculinities in literature, and transnational and world literature. .
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Series Global masculinities series.
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1 Introduction: Contesting Masculinity in Contemporary German Literature
2 Men without Women: Clemens Meyer
3 Masculinity in Conflict: Maxim Biller
4 Masculinity and Religion: Navid Kermani
5 Masculinity across Borders: Feridun Zaimoglu
6 Men in Crisis: Ilija Trojanow
7 Conclusion: Towards New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature.

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