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Writing New Identities Gender, Nation, and Immigration in Contemporary Europe Gisela Brinker-Gabler and Sidonie Smith, editors |
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Looks at the complexities of identity in the context of contemporary European culture. At the end of the twentieth century the peoples of the New Europe are confronting changing notions of community, renegotiating borders and territory, imagining new markets and identities, and responding, sometimes violently, to the increasing cultural diversity that comes with large numbers of immigrants and migrant workers. The essays in Writing New Identities address the complexities of this moment of crisis and explore the interrelationships of nationalisms, genders, and representational practices from a variety of theoretical and critical perspectives. "For anybody interested in the relationships between national identity, gender, and literature, Writing New Identities is one of the most interesteing publications to date. I can recommend this volume whole-heartedly." —The German Quarterly Contributors: Leslie Adelson, Carol Boyce Davies, Katrina Irving, Françoise Lionnet, Graziella Parati, Catherine Portuges, Gita Rajan, Karen Remmler, Azade Seyhan, Hannelore Scholz, Svetlana Slapsak, Greta Slobin, Julia Watson, Ebba Witt-Brattström, Winifred Woodhull. Gisela Brinker-Gabler is professor of comparative literature and women's studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Sidonie Smith is director of women's studies at the University of Michigan. 384 pages | 2 halftones | 5 7/8 x 9 | 1996 |
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