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New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature

From ‘‘Native’’ to Transnational

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Authors:
  1. Frauke Matthes

    1. Sch. of Literatures, Langs & Cultures, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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  • Provides a thorough examination of the connections between masculinity and nationality
  • Brings together theories of transnationality and transculturality and theories of performativity
  • Each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of a writer’s work

Part of the book series: Global Masculinities (GLMAS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Masculinity, Transnationalism, and the German Cultural Imagination

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 1-27

  3. Men Without Women: Clemens Meyer

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 29-63

  4. Masculinity in Conflict: Maxim Biller

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 65-102

  5. Masculinity and Religion: Navid Kermani

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 103-146

  6. Masculinities Across Borders: Feridun Zaimoglu

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 147-191

  7. Man in Crisis: Ilija Trojanow

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 193-230

  8. Conclusion: Towards New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature

    • Frauke Matthes
    Pages 231-236

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 237-277
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About this book

The complex nexus between masculinity and national identity has long troubled, but also fascinated the German cultural imagination. This has become apparent again since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the turn of the millennium when transnational developments have noticeably shaped Germany’s self-perception as a nation. This book examines the social and political impact of transnationalism with reference to current discourses of masculinity in novels by five contemporary male German-language authors. Specifically, it analyses how conceptions of the masculine interact with those of nationality, ethnicity, and otherness in the selected texts and assesses the new masculinities that result from those interactions. Exploring how local discourses of masculinity become part of transnational contexts in contemporary writing, the book moves a consideration of masculinities from a "native" into a transnational sphere. 

Reviews

‘Frauke Matthes probes themes of difference, desire and cultural (dis-)location in contemporary German fiction, illuminating the ambivalent and varied realities of masculinity in compelling readings of texts by five prominent male authors. With its welcome emphasis on writers who are culturally ‘other’ to a hegemonic German mainstream, the study diversifies and deepens critical perspectives on lived and imagined masculinities within the wider landscape of global neoliberal ecocidal capitalism.’--Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Professor of German, University College Cork, Ireland

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sch. of Literatures, Langs & Cultures, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Frauke Matthes

About the author

Frauke Matthes is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is the author and co-editor of several books and articles on contemporary German-language writing, masculinities in literature, and transnational and world literature. 

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