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ISBN 10: 1571132449 
ISBN 13: 9781571132444
Author: Stuart Taberner, Frank Finlay

This collection of fifteen essays by scholars from the UK, the US, Germany, and Scandinavia revisits the question of German identity. Unlike previous books on this topic, however, the focus is not exclusively on national identityin the aftermath of Hitler. Instead, the concentration is upon the plurality of ethnic, sexual, political, geographical, and cultural identities in modern Germany, and on their often fragmentary nature as the country struggles with the challenges of unification and international developments such as globalization, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. The multifaceted nature of German identity demands a variety of approaches: thus the essays are interdisciplinary, drawing upon historical, sociological, and literary sources. They are organized with reference to three distinct sections: Berlin, Political Formations, and Difference; yet at the same time they illuminate one another across the volume, offering a nuanced understanding of the complex question of identity in today’s Germany. Topics include the new self-understanding of the Berlin Republic, Berlin as a public showcase, the Berlin architecture debate,the Walser-Bubis debate, fictions of German history and the end of the GDR, the impact of the German student movement on the FRG, Prime Minister Biedenkopf and the myth of Saxon identity, women in post-1989 Germany, trains as symbols and the function of the foreign in post-1989 fiction, identity construction among Turks in Germany and Turkish self-representation in post-1989 fiction, the state of German literature today. Contributors: Frank Brunssen, Ulrike Zitzlsperger, Janet Stewart, Kathrin Schödel, Karen Leeder, Ingo Cornils, Peter Thompson, Chris Szejnmann, Sabine Lang, Simon Ward, Roswitha Skare, Eva Kolinsky, Margaret Littler, Katharina Gerstenberger, and Stuart Parkes

Recasting German Identity 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Historical Legacies and Theoretical Frameworks

• Chapter 1: German Identity Before and After 1945

  • Nationalism and the Wilhelmine/Weimar Eras

  • Nazi Ideology and the Perversion of Identity

  • The ‘Zero Hour’ and the Burden of the Past

  • Adenauer’s Republic and the ‘Economic Miracle’ Identity

• Chapter 2: Identity in Divided Germany: FRG vs. GDR

  • The Two German States and Their Competing Narratives of Identity

  • West German Engagement with the Past (Vergangenheitsbewältigung)

  • East German Anti-Fascism and Socialist Identity

  • The Divide in Cultural Production

• Chapter 3: Theories of Identity, Memory, and Nationhood

  • Constructivist Approaches to Identity

  • Collective Memory and Cultural Trauma

  • The Nation as an Imagined Community

  • Post-Structuralist and Postcolonial Perspectives on Identity Formation

Part II: Recasting Identity in the Federal Republic (Pre-Unification)

• Chapter 4: Coming to Terms with the Holocaust: The Changing Nature of Guilt and Responsibility

  • Early Post-War Literature and Silence

  • The Eichmann Trial and its Impact

  • The ‘Historikerstreit’ and Debates over German Victimhood

  • Literary and Cinematic Engagements with the Shoah (e.g., Walser, Schlink, Fassbinder)

• Chapter 5: Consumerism, Americanization, and Western Identity

  • The Influence of American Culture on West German Identity

  • The Role of Economic Prosperity in Shaping Self-Image

  • Critiques of Materialism and Conformity

• Chapter 6: Protest, Pluralism, and Counter-Cultures

  • The 1968 Movement and Rejection of the Parental Generation

  • The Rise of New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism)

  • Emergence of Diverse Identity Narratives within West Germany

Part III: Unification and the Challenges of ‘Berlin Republic’ Identity

• Chapter 7: The ‘New Germany’: Debates over National Unity and Difference

  • The Initial Euphoria and Subsequent Disillusionment of Unification

  • Ostalgia and the Ost/West Divide

  • The Search for a Coherent Post-Unification Narrative

• Chapter 8: Migration, Multiculturalism, and the ‘New German’

  • The History of Gastarbeiter and the Concept of a Multicultural Society

  • Debates around Immigration, Integration, and Citizenship

  • Literary and Filmic Representations of Migrant Experiences (e.g., Turkish-German authors)

  • The Rise of Islamophobia and Xenophobia

• Chapter 9: Engaging with a Difficult Past, Re-Imagining the Future

  • New Forms of Holocaust Memorialization and Education

  • The Re-emergence of German Patriotism and Nationalism (e.g., during the 2006 World Cup)

  • The Role of Popular Culture in Shaping Contemporary Identity

  • Germany’s Role in Europe and the World

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