ISBN:
9781571137265
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 326 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
830.935843
Keywords:
Geschichte 1968-2006
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German literature / 21st century / History and criticism
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German literature / 20th century / History and criticism
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Intergenerational relations / Germany
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Collective memory / Germany
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National characteristics, German, in literature
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Mass media and culture / Germany
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Literature and history / Germany
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Generationsbeziehung
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Kultur
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Deutschland
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 2008
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 2008
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Deutschland
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Kultur
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Generationsbeziehung
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Geschichte 1968-2006
Abstract:
The concept of the generation in today's German culture and literature, and its role in German identity. In the debates since 1945 on German history and culture, the concept of generations has become ever more prominent. Recent and ongoing shifts in how the various generations are seen -- and see themselves -- in relation to historyand to each other have taken on key importance in contemporary German cultural studies. The seismic events of twentieth-century German history are no longer solely first-generational lived experiences but are also historical moments seen through the eyes of successor generations. The generation, seen as a category of memory, thus holds a key to major shifts in German identity. The changing generational perspectives of German writers and filmmakers not onlyreflect but also influence these trends, exposing both the expected differences between generational views and unexpected continuities. Moreover, as younger artists reframe recent history, older generations like the 1968ers are also contributing to these shifts by reassessing their own experiences and cultural contributions. This volume of new essays applies current discourse on generations in German culture to contemporary works dealing with major sociohistorical events since the Nazi period. Contributors: Svea Bräunert, Laurel Cohen-Pfister, Friederike Eigler, Thomas C. Fox, Katharina Gerstenberger, Erin McGlothlin, Brad Prager, Ilka Rasch, Susanne Rinner, Caroline Schaumann, Maria Stehle, Reinhild Steingröver, Susanne Vees-Gulani. Laurel Cohen-Pfister is Associate Professor of German at Gettysburg College, and Susanne Vees-Gulani is Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Case Western Reserve University
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Feb 2023)
DOI:
10.1017/9781571137265
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781571137265/type/BOOK
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