Reimagining the European Family
Cultures of Immigration
Published on 18. December 2013
Book
Hardback
XI, 189 pages
978-1-137-37183-6 (ISBN)
Description
Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany.
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Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XI, 189 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-37183-6 (9781137371836)
DOI
10.1057/9781137371843
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Person
Patricia Simpson is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Professor of German Studies at Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.
Content
Introduction: Re-imagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration 1. Defining the 'German' Family in the European Context: Men at Work 2. Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders 3. Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families 4. Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity 5. Immigration Nations: Comedy and The New Family Conclusion: Post-Familial Europe?