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How can postmodern subjectivity be ethically conceived? What can literature contribute to this project? What role do 'gender' and 'nation' play in the construction of contemporary identities? 'Nomadic Ethics' broaches these questions, exploring the work of five women writers who live outside of the German-speaking countries or thematize a move away from them: Birgit Vanderbeke, Dorothea Grünzweig, Antje Rávic Strubel, Anna Mitgutsch, and Barbara Honigmann. It draws on work by Rosi Braidotti, Sara Ahmed, and Judith Butler to develop a nomadic ethics, and examines how the writers under discussion conceptualize contemporary German and Austrian identities - especially but not only gender identities - in instructive ways. The book engages with a number of critical issues in contemporary German studies: globalization; green thought; questions of gender and sexuality; East (and West) German identities; Austrianness; the postmemory of the Holocaust; and Jewishness. In this way, 'Nomadic Ethics' offers a valuable contribution to debates about the nature of German studies itself, as well as insightful readings of the individual authors and texts concerned. Emily Jeremiah is Lecturer in German, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Austrian literature --- Gender identity in literature --- German literature --- National characteristics, Austrian, in literature --- National characteristics, German, in literature --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- Women and literature --- 830 "19" --- Literature --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- 830 "19" Duitse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Duitse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Women authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- Austrian authors --- Women authors --- National characteristics, German, in literature. --- National characteristics, Austrian, in literature. --- Gender identity in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Austrianness. --- East (and West) German identities. --- German studies. --- German-speaking women writers. --- Jewishness. --- Nomadic Ethics. --- gender and sexuality. --- gender. --- globalization. --- green thought. --- identity. --- nationality. --- postmemory of the Holocaust. --- postmodern subjectivity.

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Thematology --- Comparative literature --- American literature --- German literature

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There has been an "ethical turn" in the literature, culture, and theory of recent years. Questions of morality are urgent at a time of increasing global insecurities. Yet it is becoming ever more difficult to make ethical judgments in multicultural, relativist societies. The European economic meltdown has raised further ethical difficulties, widening the gap between rich and poor. Such divisions and difficulties heighten the widespread fear of "the other"in its various manifestations. And in the German context especially, the past and its representation offer ongoing moral challenges. These ethical concerns have found their way into recent German-language literature and culture in texts that deal with history and memory (Timm, Petzold, Schoch, Strubel); materiality (Krau, Overath); gender (Berg, Schneider); age and generation (Moster, Pehnt, Schalansky); religion, especially Islam (Senocak, Kermani, Ruete); and nomadism (Tawada). The relationship between self and other; the connection between particular and general; the personal and political consequences of individuals' actions; and the potential, and danger, of representation itself are issues that are vital to the shaping of our future ethical landscapes, as this volume demonstrates. Contributors: Monika Albrecht, Angelika Baier, David N. Coury, Anna Ertel & Tilmann Ko̘ppe, Emily Jeremiah, Alasdair King, Frauke Matthes, Aine McMurtry, Gillian Pye, Kate Roy. Emily Jeremiah is Senior Lecturer in German at Royal Holloway, University of London. Frauke Matthes is Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh.

Ethics in literature. --- Literature and society --- German literature --- Austrian literature --- Swiss literature (German) --- History and criticism. --- Age and generation. --- Contemporary. --- Culture. --- Ethical. --- European economic meltdown. --- Gender. --- German-language. --- Global insecurities. --- History and memory. --- Islam. --- Literature. --- Materiality. --- Multicultural societies. --- Nomadism. --- Personal and political consequences. --- Religion. --- Representation. --- Rich and poor. --- Self and other.

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Mothers in literature --- Motherhood in popular culture --- European literature --- European literature --- History and criticism --- History and criticism

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