Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse : The Politics of Memory / by A. Fuchs.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fuchs, Anne.

Series:

• New Perspectives in German Political Studies, 2947-6755

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Europe--Politics and government.
• Motion pictures--History.
• Literature--Philosophy.
• Culture--Study and teaching.
• Europe, Central--History.
• European Politics.
• Film and TV History.
• Literary Theory.
• Cultural Theory.
• History of Germany and Central Europe.

Local Subjects:

• European Politics.
• Film and TV History.
• Literary Theory.
• Cultural Theory.
• History of Germany and Central Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. Focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film, this study challenges the institutional boundaries of Germany's memory culture that have guided and arguably limited German identity debates. Essays on contemporary German literature are complemented by explorations of heritage films and museum discourse. Together these essays put forward a compelling theory of family narratives and a critical evaluation of generational discourse.

Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword to the Paperback Edition; 1 Introduction: Family Narratives Between Vernacular and Official Memory; 2 Generational Conflict and Masculinity in Väterliteratur by Christoph Meckel, Uwe Timm, Dagmar Leupold and Ulla Hahn; 3 Family Narratives and Postmemory: Günter Grass's Im Krebsgang, Tanja Dückers's Himmelskörper and Marcel Beyer's Spione; 4 Heimat and Territory in Thomas Medicus's In den Augen meines Großvaters and Stephan Wackwitz's Ein unsichtbares Land; 5 Narrating Resistance to the Third Reich: Museum Discourse, Autobiography, Fiction and Film
• 6 Hitler Youth Autobiographies: Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel and Joachim Fest's Ich nicht7 Epilogue: Germany as a Threshold Culture; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786611914837
• 9780230291638
• 0230291635
• 9781281914835
• 1281914835
• 9780230589728
• 0230589723

OCLC:

314769766