Revolting families : toxic intimacy, private politics, and literary realisms in the German sixties /

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"Revolting Families thus extends the concept of negativity, which has long been part of post-war German philosophical and aesthetic theory, to the body in German literature and culture. Through an analysis of these texts and of contextual discourse, Smith-Prei develops a theoretical concept of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Carrie, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
German fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Roman allemand > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Familles dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Families in literature
German fiction
Literature
Germany (West) > In literature.
Germany (West)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Trauma, Neurosis, and the Postwar Family: Dieter Wellershoff's Politics of Reading
  • 2 Repression, Disgust, and Adolescent Memories: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann's Ethics of Textual Freedom
  • 3 Consumption, Vertigo, and Childhood Visions: Gisela Elsner's Grotesque Repetitions as Resistance
  • 4 Discipline, Love, and Authoritative Childrearing: Renate Rasp's Satire as Pedagogical Tool
  • Conclusion.

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