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Dramaturgies of War
This book examines the institutional contexts of dramaturgical practices in the changing political landscape of 20th century Germany. Through wide-ranging case studies, it discusses the way in which operationalised modes of action, legal frameworks and an established profession have shaped dramaturgical practice and thus links to current debates around the “institutional turn” in theatre and performance studies. German theatre represents a rich and well-chosen field as it is here where the role of the dramaturg was first created and where dramaturgy played a significantly politicised role in the changing political systems of the 20th century. The volume represents an important addition to a growing field of work on dramaturgy by contributing to a historical contextualisation of current practice. In doing so, it understands dramaturgy not only as a process which occurs in rehearsal rooms and writers’ studies, but one that has far wider institutional and political implications.
Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective
Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective bridges the gap between cultural heritage and mobility studies through the employment of theoretical and methodological multisensory perspectives. An interdisciplinary volume covering a broad range of empirical cases, this book focuses on the engagement with cultural heritage in the context of mobility. The book presents a grassroots perspective of individual heritage performances by mobile and moving actors, analyzing them with close attention to their embodied aspects: bodily experiences, sensory impressions, and the affect and emotions they evoke. As a result, the collection of case studies presented covers empirical, theoreti...
Postmodern Architecture in Socialist Poland
Garish churches, gabled panel blocks, neo-historical tenements—this book is about these and other architectural oddities that emerged in Poland between 1975 and 1989, a period characterised by the decline of the authoritarian socialist regime and waves of political protest. During that period, committed architects defied repressive politics and persistent shortages, and designed houses and churches which adapted eclectic historical forms and geometric volumes, and were based on traditional typologies. These buildings show a very different background of postmodernism, far removed from the debates over Robert Venturi, Philip Johnson, or Prince Charles in Western Europe and North America—a ...
Khoesan and Imperial Citizenship in Nineteenth Century South Africa
This volume explores the formative and expressive dynamics of Khoesan identity during a crucial period of incorporation as an underclass into Cape colonial society. Khoesan and Imperial Citizenship in Nineteenth Century South Africa emphasises loyalism and subjecthood – posited as imperial citizenship – as foundational aspects of Khoesan resistance to the debilitating effects of settler colonialism. The work argues that Khoesan were active in the creation of their identity as imperial citizens and that expressions of loyalty to the British Crown were reflective of a political and civic consciousness that transcended their racially defined place in Cape colonial society. Following a chron...
The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia
The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia, as well as the field of “nostalgia studies” more broadly. Nostalgia is an area of intense interest across several disciplines as well as within society and culture more generally. This handbook brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of researchers to survey the current landscape and identify common trends, achievements, and gaps in existing literature. Comprising 45 chapters, the volume covers the following topics: Disciplinary perspectives of nostalgias including philosophy, history, literature, and psychology. Conceptual aspects of nostalgia including hom...
Sites of Modernity—Places of Risk
“Places of risk” and “sites of modernity” refer not merely to physical locations, but also objects and institutions that stand at the center of contemporary debates on security and risk. These are social and political domains where energy and infrastructure are produced, where domestic security is pursued and maintained, and where citizens encounter the state in its punitive or monitory roles. Taking a wide view of the period from the 1970s to today, this volume brings together innovative, interdisciplinary case studies of sites of modernity that promise to provide security and safety, yet at the same time are deemed responsible for creating new risks. With a particular contemporary interest in the technocratic changes of security and risk control the contributors to Sites of Modernity — Places of Risk position the 1970s as a turning point in the path from industrial to post-industrial modernity.
History in Games
Where do we end up when we enter the time machine that is the digital game? One axiomatic truth of historical research is that the past is the time-space that eludes human intervention. Every account made of the past is therefore only an approximation. But how is it that strolling through ancient Alexandria can feel so real in the virtual world? Claims of authenticity are prominent in discussions surrounding the digital games of our time. What is historical authenticity and does it even matter? When does authenticity or the lack thereof become political? By answering these questions, the book illuminates the ubiquitous category of authenticity from the perspective of historical game studies.
WerkstattGeschichte
WerkstattGeschichte ist eine Zeitschrift, in der über Geschichte und ihre Akteur*innen ebenso reflektiert wird wie über historisches Forschen und Schreiben. Sie bietet Platz, konventionelle Perspektiven zu durchbrechen und neue Formen der Darstellung zu erproben. Die Zeitschrift bleibt der Sozialgeschichte verbunden, legt aber deutlichen Wert darauf, die »große Geschichte« aus einer alltagsgeschichtlichen Perspektive zu befragen. Das aktuelle Heft, herausgegeben von Korinna Schönhärl, Frederike Schotters und Guido Thiemeyer, widmet sich dem oft tabuisierten Reden über Geld. Die Beiträger*innen analysieren die historischen Semantiken und Diskurse zu Geld und stellen fest: Erst mit dem Sprechen über und dem konkreten Einsatz von Geld wird dieses mit Bedeutung aufgeladen. So können Beziehungen begründet, Hierarchien und Werte sowie Normen der Geldverwendung festgelegt werden.
Emanzipatorische Mädchenliteratur 1980-1990
Mit der vorliegenden Studie liegt die erste gründliche Arbeit zur emanzipatorischen Mädchenliteratur der 80er Jahre vor. In ihr wird erstmals der Versuch einer theoretischen Bearbeitung der jüngsten Phase der Mädchenliteratur gemacht, in der Literaturwissenschaft und Sozialwissenschaften zusammengeführt sind. Ziel der Studie ist eine hauptsächlich inhaltliche Qualifizierung der neueren Mädchenliteratur, auch als historisch-systematische Ortsbestimmung dieser Literatur im Kontext außerliterarischer (auch feministischer) soziologischer und psychologischer Diskurse über das Rollenbild der Frau und über weibliche Identität. Diese Arbeit nimmt die aktuelle Diskussion um das Verhältnis von Problemliteratur und Adoleszenzliteratur innerhalb der Jugendliteratur auf und entwickelt sie weiter. Es werden zwei Grundtypen emanzipatorischer Mädchenliteratur charakterisiert, eine eher soziologische und eine eher psychologische. Zugleich wird für die 80er Jahre selbst ein Paradigmenwechsel von der soziologischen zur psychologischen Literatur hin konstatiert.
