Envisioning social justice in contemporary German culture

Envisioning social justice in contemporary German culture /

Social injustice dilemmas such as poverty, unemployment, and racism are subjects of continuing debate in European societies and in Germany in particular, as solutions are difficult and progress often comes slowly. Such discussions are not limited to opposing newspaper editorials, position papers, or...

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Other Authors: Twark, Jill E., 1968- (Editor), Hildebrandt, Axel, 1967- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2015.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Subjects:
1900-1999
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Social justice in literature.
Social justice in art.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Justice sociale dans la littérature.
Justice sociale dans l'art.
German literature.
Deutsch
Literatur
Film
Soziale Gerechtigkeit > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Inheriting the Social-Justice Legacy of the 1968 Generation
  • 1: On Potatoes, Forgeries, Mistaken Identities, and Cultural Revolution in Uwe Timm's Postwall Novel Johannisnacht
  • 2: "Maybe the Genuine Utopia": Uwe Timm's Vision of a "Postsocialist" Society in the Novel Rot
  • Part II: Social Justice Mattersin Popular Culture
  • 3: Social Injustice in the German Tatort Television Series
  • 4: Die Toten Hosen, Rammstein, Azad, and Massiv: GermanRock and Rap Go Global for Social Justice
  • 5: Critical Voices from the Underground: Street Art andUrban Transformation in Berlin
  • Part III: Eastern German Views of Social Justice in Novels and Films
  • 6: Politics and Prekariat in Christoph Hein's Novels Frau PaulaTrousseau and Weiskerns Nachlass
  • 7: "Erzählt ist erzählt": The Ethics of Narration in Christa Wolf's Stadt der Engel oder The Overcoat of Dr. Freud
  • 8: Social Consciousness in the Bionade-Biedermeier: An Interviewwith Filmmakers Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke
  • Part IV: Theater as an Interventionist Medium for Promoting Social Justice
  • 9: Through Performance to Social Justice: Schlingensief's Narcissistic Sociality
  • 10: The Postdramatic Paradox: Theater as an InterventionistMedium in Falk Richter's Das System
  • Part V: Beyond Germany's Borders: Social-Justice Issues in a Global Context
  • 11: Settling in Mobility: Socioeconomic Justice and European Borderlands in Hans-Christian Schmid's Films Lichter and Die wundersame Welt der Waschkraft
  • 12: The Ethics of Listening in Dana Ranga's Wasserbuch andTerézia Mora's Das Ungeheuer
  • 13: Navid Kermani: Advocate for an Antipatriotic Patriotismand a Multireligious, Multicultural Europe.

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