The politics of prostitution in Berlin Alexanderplatz / Nicole Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shea, Nicole, 1976-

Series:

Studies in modern German literature ; v. 110.

Studies in modern German literature ; v. 110

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957. Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Döblin, Alfred.

Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957--Criticism and interpretation.

Döblin, Alfred.

Prostitutes in literature.

Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957.

Berlin Alexanderplatz (Döblin, Alfred).

Doblin, Alfred, 1878-1957. Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957--Criticism and interpretation.

Prostitution in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

207 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bern ; Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, ©2007.

Summary:

Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz is an examination of the gradual disintegration of Germany in the aftermath of the Great War. This study engages the seminal image of the prostitute, the commodified woman, as a central and dominant motif in Döblin's work.

Contents:

"Denn alle alle Lust will Mord und Tod"

"Von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt"

"Körperstumpf und weisses Blut" : commodification and the mutilation of nature in Döblin's "Die Ermordung einer Butterblume"

"Warum schreiste denn?" : the role of silence in pornography

"Halte deine Klappe" : the loss of love and language in Berlin Alexanderplatz

"Mein Johannes is der Inbegriff des Mannes" : commodified (homo- )sexuality in Berlin Alexanderplatz

"Komm man ran, an meine Brust, Herzeken" : repressed homosexuality as the trigger of violence in Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shea, Nicole. Politics of prostitution in Berlin Alexanderplatz.

ISBN:

9783039110025

3039110020

OCLC:

175284914