Transnationalism in Contemporary German–Language Literature: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Elisabeth Herrmann, Carrie Smith-Prei, Stuart Taberner

Introduction: Contemporary German-Language Literature and Transnationalism How Does Transnationalism Redefine Contemporary Literature? Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Literary World-Building in the Twenty-First Century Affect, Aesthetics, Biopower, and Technology: Political Interventions into Transnationalism "On the Plane to Bishkek or in the Airport of Tashkent": Transnationalism and Notions of Home in Recent German Literature Transnationalism, Colonial Loops, and the Vicissitudes of Cosmopolitan Affect: Christian Kracht's Imperium and Teju Cole's Open City Writing Travel in the Global Age: Transnationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Reworking of Generic Conventions of Travel Literature in Ilija Trojanow's An den inneren Ufern Indiens and Nomade auf vier Kontinenten Europe's Invisible Ghettos: Transnationalism and Neoliberal Capitalism in Julya Rabinowich's Die Erdfresserin Precarious Sexualities, Neoliberalism, and the Pop-Feminist Novel: Charlotte Roche's Feuchtgebiete and Helene Hegemann's Axolotl Roadkill as Transnational Texts Dislocation, Multiplicity, and Transformation: Posttransnationalism in Antje Rávic Strubel's Kältere Schichten der Luft and Vom Dorf Cultural Dichotomies and Lived Transnationalism in Recent Russian-German Narratives "Wo geh ich her? . . . Wo komm ich hin?": Delineating Transnational Spaces in the Work of Juli Zeh Transnational Politics in Friedrich Du?rrentmatt's Der Auftrag and Wolfgang Herrndorf's Sand Appendix: Interview with Ilija Trojanow Notes on the Contributors Index