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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782237403321

Autore

Fuchs A

Titolo

Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Memory / / by A. Fuchs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

0-230-29163-5

1-281-91483-5

9786611914837

0-230-58972-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Collana

New Perspectives in German Political Studies

Disciplina

830.9/3581

830.935809045

Soggetti

European Union

Motion pictures—History

Europe—Politics and government

Literature—Philosophy

Culture—Study and teaching

Europe, Central—History

European Union Politics

Film History

European Politics

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

History of Germany and Central Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword to the Paperback Edition; 1 Introduction: Family Narratives Between Vernacular and Official Memory; 2 Generational Conflict and Masculinity in Väterliteratur by Christoph Meckel, Uwe Timm, Dagmar Leupold and Ulla Hahn; 3 Family Narratives and Postmemory: Günter Grass's Im



Krebsgang, Tanja Dückers's Himmelskörper and Marcel Beyer's Spione; 4 Heimat and Territory in Thomas Medicus's In den Augen meines Großvaters and Stephan Wackwitz's Ein unsichtbares Land; 5 Narrating Resistance to the Third Reich: Museum Discourse, Autobiography, Fiction and Film

6 Hitler Youth Autobiographies: Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel and Joachim Fest's Ich nicht7 Epilogue: Germany as a Threshold Culture; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. Focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film, this study challenges the institutional boundaries of Germany's memory culture that have guided and arguably limited German identity debates. Essays on contemporary German literature are complemented by explorations of heritage films and museum discourse. Together these essays put forward a compelling theory of family narratives and a critical evaluation of generational discourse.