Description:
In the course of the 1970s, interdisciplinary German studies emerged in North America, breaking with what many in the field saw as a suffocating and politically tainted tradition of canon-based philology by broadening both the corpus of texts and the framing concept of culture.
Review Quotes:
«From Goethe to Seghers, from German-Jewish photography to contemporary museum practices, this volume offers an intriguing overview of the current state of German studies. It demonstrates that, while language and literature remain central to the enterprise, German studies in North America resonates with the questions faced by the humanities today.» (Stephen Brockmann, Professor of German, Carnegie Mellon University, former President of the German Studies Association)
«In 1969, the Wisconsin Workshop introduced interdisciplinarity to the study of German literature, inaugurating what we know as German studies. In 2017, the Workshop celebrated its 50th year with a conference that honored this transformative project. This volume demonstrates that the project continues at the cutting edge of our profession.» (Helen Fehervary, Emerita Professor of German, Ohio State University)