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Item Details
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THE GERMAN PATIENT
CRISIS AND RECOVERY IN POSTWAR CULTURE |
| By: |
Jennifer M. Kapczynski |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£24.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0472050524 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780472050529 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 November, 2008 |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
"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. |
| Illustrations: |
10 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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