{"product_id":"new-masculinities-in-contemporary-german-literature-from-native-to-transnational-9783031103209","title":"New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature: From ''Native'' to Transnational","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frauke Matthes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45281428373655,"sku":"9783031103209","price":8814.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783031103209.webp?v=1769299171","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/new-masculinities-in-contemporary-german-literature-from-native-to-transnational-9783031103209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}