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Beyond Alterity: German Encounters with Modern East Asia

Beyond Alterity: German Encounters with Modern East Asia

Rosenstock, Martin
Shen, Qinna

Hardcover

Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association, Book 7

General Asian HistoryGeneral SociologyGerman History

ISBN10: 1782383603
ISBN13: 9781782383604
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jul 1 2014
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

With the economic and political rise of East Asia in the second half of the twentieth century, many Western countries have re-evaluated their links to their Eastern counterparts. Thus, in recent years, Asian German Studies has emerged as a promising branch within interdisciplinary German Studies. This collection of essays examines German-language cultural production pertaining to modern China and Japan, and explicitly challenges orientalist notions by proposing a conception of East and West not as opposites, but as complementary elements of global culture, thereby urging a move beyond national paradigms in cultural studies. Essays focus on the mid-century German-Japanese alliance, Chinese-German Leftist collaborations, global capitalism, travel, identity, and cultural hybridity. The authors include historians and scholars of film and literature, and employ a wide array of approaches from postcolonial, globalization, media, and gender studies. The collection sheds new light on a complex and ambivalentset of international relationships, while also testifying to the potential of Asian German Studies.

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