Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film / edited by Sophie Duvernoy, Karsten Olson, and Ulrich Plass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duvernoy, Sophie, editor.

Olson, Karsten, editor.

Plass, Ulrich, editor.

Series:

New directions in German studies

New Directions in German Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Germany--History.

Motion pictures.

Human security.

German literature--History and criticism.

German literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

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Summary:

Since 2000, much attention has been paid to the increase in social precarity in Europe and the US. Phenomena of precarization (such as underemployment, indebtedness, deaths of despair) tend to be causally linked to the rise of neoliberalism as a strategy of governance that redistributes risk to the already vulnerable. <i>Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film</i> broadens the scope beyond this narrow definition of precarity, using Germany as a national case study, to examine the historical genesis of precarity, its evolution from 19th-century industrial modernity to the present, and its reflections and reconfigurations in artistic production, in particular with relation to work, gender, and sexuality. <i>Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film</i> probes the concept of "representation" in its full two senses, in the sense of "artistic depiction" and in the sense of "political proxy and advocacy." In linking economic discourses to cultural production, this volume shows how culture can reveal the gap between a society's narrative about itself and the ways in which precarity shapes experience and consciousness.

Contents:

<i>List of FIgures</i> <i>List of Tables</i> <i>Notes on Contributors</i> Introduction <i>(Ulrich Plass, Wesleyan University, USA)</i> 1. Literature and the History of Precarity: Interview with Patrick Eiden-Offe <i>(ZfL Berlin)</i> <i>(Karsten Olson, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA)</i><i> </i>2. Precarious Property: Adam Müller's Theory of Poetic Possession (<i>Jörg Kreienbrock, Northwestern University, USA</i>) 3. <i>Die Judenbuche </i>and the Rights of the Poor (<i>Karsten Olson, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA</i>) 4. We Poor People: The Personal Experience of Precariousness in <i>Dantons Tod</i> and <i>Woyzeck</i> <i>(Michael Swellander, University of Iowa, USA)</i><i> </i>5. Hilfe von Mensch zu Mensch: Social Precarity and the Elberfeld System (<i>Rebekah O. McMillan, Angelo State University, USA</i>) 6. Precarity and Form: Lu Märten's Intervention in the Worker's Autobiography (<i>Mari Jarris, Princeton University, USA</i>) 7. In Search of a Divine Calling, or Lunch: Unproductive Labor in Emmy Hennings' <i>Das Brandmal </i> (<i>Sophie Duvernoy, Yale University, USA</i>) 8. Typists as 'billige Ware': White-Collar Women's Work in Weimar Literature <i>(Mary Hennessy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)</i><i> </i>9. Unemployment, Organization, and Reproductive Self-Determination in <i>Kuhle Wampe</i><i> </i> (<i>Ulrich Plass, Wesleyan University, USA</i>) 10. "Hidden Stockpiles of Words and Images": An Interview with Thomas Heise (<i>Matthias Rothe, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA</i>) 11. Biopolitics and Superstition in Barbara Albert's <i>Böse Zellen</i> <i>(Lena Trüper, UCLA, USA)</i><i> </i>12. Precarious Lives and Social Decline in Marlene Streeruwitz' <i>Jessica, 30. </i>and Kristine Bilkaus <i>Die Glücklichen </i> <i>(Lisa Wille, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)</i><i> </i>13. Linguistic Precarity in Contemporary German Film (<i>Lindsay Preseau, University of Cincinnati, USA</i>) <i>Index</i>

ISBN:

9781501391507

OCLC:

1381313745

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