Format:
1 Online-Ressource (386 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-5013-7593-4
,
978-1-5013-7592-7
,
978-1-5013-7591-0
Series Statement:
New directions in German studies 37
Content:
"The nation-state is a European invention of the 18th and 19th centuries. In the case of the German nation in particular, this invention was tied closely to the idea of a homogeneous German culture with a strong normative function. As a consequence, histories of German culture and literature often are told from the inside—as the unfolding of a canon of works representing certain core values, with which every person who considers him or herself “German” necessarily must identify. But what happens if we describe German culture and its history from the outside? And as something heterogeneous, shaped by multiple and diverse sources, many of which are not obviously connected to things traditionally considered “German”? Emphasizing current issues of migration, displacement, systemic injustice, and belonging, Germany from the Outside explores new opportunities for understanding and shaping community at a time when many are questioning the ability of cultural practices to effect structural change. Located at the nexus of cultural, political, historiographical, and philosophical discourses, the essays in this volume inform discussions about next directions for German Studies and for the Humanities in a fraught era."
Note:
Conference proceedings of 'Germany from the Outside' held in September 2019 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-5013-7590-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Deutsch
;
Literatur
;
Auswanderung
;
Einwanderung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Literary criticism
;
Conference papers and proceedings
DOI:
10.5040/9781501375934
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
