Asian fusion : new encounters in the Asian-German avant-garde / Caroline Rupprecht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rupprecht, Caroline, author.

Series:

Cultural history and literary imagination ; v. 32.

Cultural history and literary imagination ; vol. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants' writings, German.

German literature.

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

German literature--21st century--History and criticism.

German literature--Asian authors--History and criticism.

Immigrants' writings, German--History and criticism.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.

Alienation (Philosophy) in literature.

Intercultural communication in literature.

Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2020]

Summary:

"This book contributes to a historically evolving conversation about immigration as a facet of globalization in the European context. Focusing on literary and artistic works from the post-World War II era, the author uses a structure of "call-and-response" - as in African-American slave songs, Indian kirtans, and Jewish liturgy - to create a series of dialogues between Asian-German authors, including Yoko Tawada, Pham Thi Hoài, and Anna Kim; and an earlier generation of German-speaking authors and artists, including W.G. Sebald, Peter Weiss, and Joseph Beuys, whose works have engaged with "Asia." Considering the recent successes of the New Right, which have brought about a regression to Nazi anti-Semitic discourses grounded in the equation between Jews and "Orientals," the author advocates a need for solidarity between Germans and Asian-Germans. Using "fusion" as a metaphor, she revises the critical paradigms of Orientalism and post-colonial studies to show how, in the aftermath of the twelve-year Nazi dictatorship, Germany has successfully transformed itself into a country of immigration - in part due to the new and pioneering Asian-German voices that have reshaped the German-speaking cultural landscape that are now, for the first time, featured as coming together in this book"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book contributes to a historically evolving conversation about immigration as a facet of globalization in the European context. Focusing on literary and artistic works from the post-World War II era, the author uses a structure of "call-and-response" - as in African-American slave songs, Indian kirtans, and Jewish liturgy - to create a series of dialogues between Asian-German authors, including Yoko Tawada, Pham Thi Ho�ai, and Anna Kim; and an earlier generation of German-speaking authors and artists, including W.G. Sebald, Peter Weiss, and Joseph Beuys, whose works have engaged with "Asia." Considering the recent successes of the New Right, which have brought about a regression to Nazi anti-Semitic discourses grounded in the equation between Jews and "Orientals," the author advocates a need for solidarity between Germans and Asian-Germans. Using "fusion" as a metaphor, she revises the critical paradigms of Orientalism and post-colonial studies to show how, in the aftermath of the twelve-year Nazi dictatorship, Germany has successfully transformed itself into a country of immigration - in part due to the new and pioneering Asian-German voices that have reshaped the German-speaking cultural landscape that are now, for the first time, featured as coming together in this book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Parallels

ch. 1 Silkworms and Concentration Camps: W. G. Sebald's Die Ringe des Saturn and Austerlitz

ch. 1 Writing Emptiness: Yoko Tawada's The Bath, Das nackteAuge and "Fluent des Monds"

pt. II Convergences

ch. 3 From Auschwitz to Vietnam: Peter Weiss's Viet Nam Diskurs and Notizen zum kulturellen Leben der Demokratischen Republik Viet Nam

ch. 4 Translating Silences: Pham Thi Hoai's Die Kristallbotin and Sonntagsmenu

pt. III Discordances

ch. 5 Shamanic Performances: Joseph Beuys's Der Eurasier, Eurasia Siberian Symphony, and Auschwitz Demonstration

ch. 6 Shamanic Spaces: Anna Kim's Anatomie einer Nacht and Die grosse Heimkehr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rupprecht, Caroline, 1965- Asian fusion

ISBN:

9781787073555

1787073556

OCLC:

1135932820

Publisher Number:

99985381393