Housebound
Selfhood and Domestic Space in Contemporary German Fiction
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2012
238 pages
978-1-57113-832-3 (ISBN)
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Reveals and analyzes the current strong emphasis in German literature on the role of houses and homes in our constructions of selfhood and belonging.
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10/2012
Camden House Inc
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Content
Introduction
Bodies, Biographies, and Buildings: Jenny Erpenbeck's Heimsuchung and Katharina Hacker's Der Bademeister
House Inheritance: Arno Geiger's Es geht uns gut and Katharina Hagena's Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen
Escaping to the Countryside: Walter Kappacher's Selina oder das andere Leben and Monika Maron's Endmoränen
Uncanny Houses: Selected Narratives by Judith Hermann, and Susanne Fischer's Die Platzanweiserin
Open Houses: Emine Sevgi Özdamar's "Der Hof im Spiegel" and Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde: Wedding-Pankow 1976/77
(Un)safe Houses: Katharina Hacker's Die Habenichtse and Ian McEwan's Saturday
Conclusion
Index
Bodies, Biographies, and Buildings: Jenny Erpenbeck's Heimsuchung and Katharina Hacker's Der Bademeister
House Inheritance: Arno Geiger's Es geht uns gut and Katharina Hagena's Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen
Escaping to the Countryside: Walter Kappacher's Selina oder das andere Leben and Monika Maron's Endmoränen
Uncanny Houses: Selected Narratives by Judith Hermann, and Susanne Fischer's Die Platzanweiserin
Open Houses: Emine Sevgi Özdamar's "Der Hof im Spiegel" and Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde: Wedding-Pankow 1976/77
(Un)safe Houses: Katharina Hacker's Die Habenichtse and Ian McEwan's Saturday
Conclusion
Index
