BETWEEN HEIMAT AND FREMDE: NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LITERATURE AND FILM

BETWEEN HEIMAT AND FREMDE: NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LITERATURE AND FILM

This thesis investigates representations of happiness in recent German literature and film. The interpretations focus on how happiness is negotiated in the context of home and travel, of Heimat and Fremde, in order to understand happiness, not only insofar as it contributes to “the good life”, but a...

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Main Author: Hügler, Rebecca Octavia
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2013
Subjects:
German film
Angelina Maccarone
Fatih Akin
Feo Aladag
Happiness Studies
Heimat
Katharina Hacker
Doris Doerrie
Franka Potente
Judith Hermann
Shirin Kumm
Transnational Literature
Gregor Hens
Globalization
Transnational Film
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8060

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http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8060

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