Perspectives on Gender in Post-1945 German Literature

by Georgina Paul

Masculinist and feminist worldviews in post-1945 German literature, and the possibility of a dynamic reconceptualization of human subjectivity.

Rooted in Enlightenment rationalism, modernity tends to privilege masculine-connoted characteristics -- conscious subjective agency, rational control and self-containment, the subjugation of nature -- and has generated a conceptualization of human subjectivity emphasizing these qualities. Yet the costs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134239
• ISBN13: 9781571134233
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"