{"product_id":"9783031103179","title":"New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature : From ''Native'' to Transnational (Global Masculinities)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe complex nexus between masculinity and national identity has long troubled, but also fascinated the German cultural imagination. This has become apparent again \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esince \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe fall of the Iron Curtain and the turn of the millennium \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhen transnational developments have noticeably shaped Germany's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eself-perception as a nation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. This book examines the social and political impact of transnationalism with reference to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecurrent discourses of masculinity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein novels by five contemporary male German-language authors. \u003c\/b\u003eSpecifically, it analyses how conceptions of the masculine interact with those of nationality, \u003cb\u003eethnicity, and otherness in the selected texts \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eassesses the new masculinities that result from those interactions. \u003c\/b\u003eExploring 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.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n 1 Introduction: Contesting Masculinity in Contemporary German Literature.- 2 Men without Women: Clemens Meyer.- 3 Masculinity in Conflict: Maxim Biller.- 4 Masculinity and Religion: Navid Kermani.- 5 Masculinity across Borders: Feridun Zaimoglu.- 6 Men in Crisis: Ilija Trojanow.- 7 Conclusion: Towards 'New' Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature.\n \u003cb\u003eFrauke 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. \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42639234531403,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":4634.57,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9783031103179","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}