The German Patient
Crisis and Recovery in Postwar Culture
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2008
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-05052-9 (ISBN)
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-05052-9 (ISBN)
Takes a look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the metaphor of a healthy 'national body' - propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations - continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture.
The German Patient takes an original look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the metaphor of a healthy 'national body' - propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations - continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture. Through an examination of literature, film, and popular media of the era, Jennifer Kapczynski demonstrates the ways in which post-war German thinkers inverted the illness metaphor, portraying Fascism as a national malady, and the nation as a body struggling to recover. Yet, in working to heal the German wounds of war and restore national vigor through the excising of 'sick' elements, artists and writers often betrayed a troubling affinity for the very bio-political rhetoric they were struggling against. Through its exploration of the discourse of collective illness, ""The German Patient"" tells a larger story about ideological continuities in pre- and post-1945 German culture.
The German Patient takes an original look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the metaphor of a healthy 'national body' - propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations - continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture. Through an examination of literature, film, and popular media of the era, Jennifer Kapczynski demonstrates the ways in which post-war German thinkers inverted the illness metaphor, portraying Fascism as a national malady, and the nation as a body struggling to recover. Yet, in working to heal the German wounds of war and restore national vigor through the excising of 'sick' elements, artists and writers often betrayed a troubling affinity for the very bio-political rhetoric they were struggling against. Through its exploration of the discourse of collective illness, ""The German Patient"" tells a larger story about ideological continuities in pre- and post-1945 German culture.
Jennifer M. Kapczynski is Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the coeditor of the anthology A New History of German Cinema.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany |
Zusatzinfo | 10 halftones |
Verlagsort | Ann Arbor |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 390 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie |
ISBN-10 | 0-472-05052-4 / 0472050524 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-472-05052-9 / 9780472050529 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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