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Reconsidering the German tendency to define itself vis-a-vis an
eastern "Other" in light of fresh debate regarding the Second World
War, this volume and the cultural products it considers expose and
question Germany's relationship with its imagined East. Germany has
long defined itself in opposition to its eastern neighbors: its
ideas around cultural prestige and its expressions of xenophobia
seem inevitably to return to an imagined eastern "Other." Central
to the consideration of such projections is the legacy of the
Second World War, the subject of fresh debate since 1989: after
four decades of political antagonism and cultural disjuncture, the
events of the war on the Eastern Front have been rediscovered by
Western audiences and have come to occupy complex, shifting
positions in the memory culture of the postsocialist states.
However, German ignorance of Eastern European experiences of war
and genocide, enduring stereotypes, and prescriptive ideas about
remembrance have been major stumbling blocks to the emergence of a
transnational memory culture considered just by all parties.
Despite mass immigration to Germany from the east and intensive
contact between German speakers and its cultures, German-language
cultural production continues largely to represent Eastern Europe
as unknown, wild, and inaccessible. By contrast, the writers and
filmmakers under discussion in the present volume have worked with
and against such tropes to put forward alternative perspectives.
Like their works, the contributions to this volume place the
conflicts and prejudices of the twentieth century into a wider
historical perspective, exposing and questioning the nature of
Germany's relationship with its imagined East. Contributors:
Deirdre Byrnes, Raluca Cernahoschi, Shivani Chauhan, Eniko Dacz,
Olha Flachs, Daniel Harvey, Jakub Kazecki, Amy Leech, Paul Peters,
Ernest Schonfield, Karolina Watroba.
Almost 20 years after the publication of Future Females: A Critical
Anthology, feminist science fiction pioneer Marleen S. Barr,
together with a talented crew of the field's established and
emerging theorists, reveal new critical insights in Future Females,
the Next Generation. This groundbreaking collection includes
contributors from across the globe who find effective venues for
imagining feminist thought experiments. A multinational perspective
runs through this innovative volume, focusing on the latest dynamic
trends in feminist science fiction. These include such issues as
race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the
field. Future Females, the Next Generation, which establishes the
generational continuity characterizing a vibrant area of feminist
literary and cultural inquiry, boldly goes where no feminist
science fiction critical anthology has gone before.
Since the tumultuous events of 1989/1990, writers, cultural
practitioners and academics have responded to, reconstructed and
reflected upon the process and enduring impact of German
reunification. This bilingual volume provides a nuanced
understanding of the literature and culture of the GDR and its
legacy today. It explores a broad range of genres, combines
perspectives on both lesser-known and more established writers, and
juxtaposes academic articles with the personal reflections of those
who directly experienced and engaged with the GDR from within or
beyond its borders. Whether creative practitioners or academics,
contributors consider the broader literary and intellectual
contexts and traditions shaping GDR literature and culture in a way
that broadens and enriches our understanding of reunification and
its legacy. Contributors are: Deirdre Byrnes, Anna Chiarloni, Jean
E Conacher, Sabine Egger, Robert Gillett, Frank Thomas Grub, Jochen
Hennig, Nick Hodgin, Frank Hoernigk, Therese Hoernigk, Gisela
Holfter, Jeannine Jud, Astrid Koehler, Marieke Krajenbrink,
Reinhard Kuhnert, Katja Lange-Muller, Corina Loewe, Hugh Ridley,
Kathrin Schmidt
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