Germans going global

Germans going global: contemporary literature and cultural globalization

by Biendarra, Anke S.

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This study examines the impact of globalization on Germany's literary field. It investigates how German-language writers born between 1955 and 1975 respond to the pressures of globalizing factors, and how these influence notions of authorship. Germans Going Global offers detailed analyses of the material and aesthetics of cultural production. The literary marketplace, constructions of authorship through old and new media, public debates about literary aesthetics, and fictional texts from the la…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Germans going global : contemporary literature and cultural globalization / Anke S. Biendarra.

Summary

This study examines the impact of globalization on Germany's literary field. It investigates how German-language writers born between 1955 and 1975 respond to the pressures of globalizing factors, and how these influence notions of authorship. Germans Going Global offers detailed analyses of the material and aesthetics of cultural production. The literary marketplace, constructions of authorship through old and new media, public debates about literary aesthetics, and fictional texts from the late 1990s through the first millennial decade are the issues in focus.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):De Gruyter
  • Place of Publication:Berlin
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 244 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110282818, 311028281X
  • oclc:ocn813300939
  • LC Classification:PT111
  • Dewey Decimal:830.9/358

Table of Contents

Effects of globalization on the literary marketplace and contemporary authorship -- Globalizing German literature : Literary debates around the millennium -- Brave new work world : Narratives of the new economy -- Forms of social realism : Unemployment in contemporary narratives -- Traveling without moving? Narratives of (im)mobility -- Coda : Piles of authenticity : narrating 09/11.

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