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Revolting Families places the literary depiction of familial and intimate relations in 1960s West Germany against the backdrop of public discourse on the political significance of the private sphere.

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'Smith-Prei has produced a very valuable contribution to the scholarship of the body and its representation in 1960s prose and has extended important critical attention to texts that, to differing degrees, have been marginalized.' -- Harry Louis Roddy Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies vol 51:03:2015

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Trauma, Neurosis, and the Postwar Family: Dieter Wellershoff's Politics of Reading 2 Repression, Disgust, and Adolescent Memories: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann's Ethics of Textual Freedom 3 Consumption, Vertigo, and Childhood Visions: Gisela Elsner's Grotesque Repetitions as Resistance 4 Discipline, Love, and Authoritative Childrearing: Renate Rasp's Satire as Pedagogical Tool Conclusion Works Cited Index

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9781442646377, 978-1442646377
      ISBN10: 1442646373

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Revolting Families places the literary depiction of familial and intimate relations in 1960s West Germany against the backdrop of public discourse on the political significance of the private sphere.

      Trade Review
      'Smith-Prei has produced a very valuable contribution to the scholarship of the body and its representation in 1960s prose and has extended important critical attention to texts that, to differing degrees, have been marginalized.' -- Harry Louis Roddy Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies vol 51:03:2015

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Trauma, Neurosis, and the Postwar Family: Dieter Wellershoff's Politics of Reading 2 Repression, Disgust, and Adolescent Memories: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann's Ethics of Textual Freedom 3 Consumption, Vertigo, and Childhood Visions: Gisela Elsner's Grotesque Repetitions as Resistance 4 Discipline, Love, and Authoritative Childrearing: Renate Rasp's Satire as Pedagogical Tool Conclusion Works Cited Index

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