East, west, and others : the Third World in postwar German literature / Arlene A. Teraoka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teraoka, Arlene Akiko, 1954-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Modern German culture and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Developing countries--In literature.

Developing countries.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 250 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]

Summary:

East, West, and Others is the first work to examine the Third World in German literature from World War II to the present. Arlene A. Teraoka investigates how prominent post-World War II East and West German authors have portrayed the Third World. She discusses the persistent stereotypes of race, culture, and sexuality in texts by authors whose careers were shaped by concerns with Third World politics. Those writers include Anna Seghers, Peter Weiss, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Heiner Muller; East Germans Claus Hammel and Peter Hacks; and the documentary West German writers Max von der Grun, Gunter Wallraff, and Paul Geiersbach. Teraoka demonstrates the continuing German need to construct a postwar identity freed from the fascist past and the conflicts and cliches that inevitably mar this dream of the self.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-241) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0803244312

OCLC:

34356657