The German Patient
Crisis and Recovery in Postwar Culture
Seiten
2008
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-07052-7 (ISBN)
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-07052-7 (ISBN)
Looks 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. This is a fascinating study of disease as a trope in German debates about the Nazi past.
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. This is a fascinating study of disease as a trope in German debates about the Nazi past.
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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Zusatzinfo | 10 halftones |
Verlagsort | Ann Arbor |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 550 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie |
ISBN-10 | 0-472-07052-5 / 0472070525 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-472-07052-7 / 9780472070527 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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