ISBN:
9781782383611
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (316 p.)
Series Statement:
Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association 7
DDC:
303.48/24305
Keywords:
Geschichte 1920-2013
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Massenkultur
;
Chinabild
;
Japanbild
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Globalisierung
;
Internationale Politik
;
Geistesleben
;
Deutschland
;
Japan
;
China
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
With the economic and political rise of East Asia in the second half of the twentieth century, many Western countries have re-evaluated their links to their Eastern counterparts. Thus, in recent years, Asian German Studies has emerged as a promising branch within interdisciplinary German Studies. This collection of essays examines German-language cultural production pertaining to modern China and Japan, and explicitly challenges orientalist notions by proposing a conception of East and West not as opposites, but as complementary elements of global culture, thereby urging a move beyond national paradigms in cultural studies. Essays focus on the mid-century German-Japanese alliance, Chinese-German Leftist collaborations, global capitalism, travel, identity, and cultural hybridity. The authors include historians and scholars of film and literature, and employ a wide array of approaches from postcolonial, globalization, media, and gender studies. The collection sheds new light on a complex and ambivalentset of international relationships, while also testifying to the potential of Asian German Studies.
DOI:
10.1515/9781782383611
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782383611?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782383611
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