Sonderzeichen Europa, by Yoko Tawada and László Márton / Reviewed by Kurt Beals
Sonderzeichen Europa, by Yoko Tawada and László Márton Reviewed by Kurt Beals Download PDF Yoko Tawada and László Márton, Sonderzeichen Europa. RanitzDialog1. Ottensheim an der Donau, Austria: Edition Thanhäuser, 2009. 72pp., Paper, 20€. Although billed as a dialog, this exchange on topics ranging from the history and protean definition of Europe to the sartorial choices […]
Utenzi, War Poems, and the German Conquest of East Africa: Swahili Poetry as Historical Source, by José Arturo Saavedra Casco / Reviewed by Bryan Aja
Utenzi, War Poems, and the German Conquest of East Africa: Swahili Poetry as Historical Source, by José Arturo Saavedra Casco Reviewed by Bryan Aja Download PDF José Arturo Saavedra Casco. Utenzi, War Poems, and the German Conquest of East Africa: Swahili Poetry as Historical Source. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2007. Pp. 323. Paper, $29.95. […]
The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality, by Wolfram Wette / Reviewed by Steve Choe
The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality, by Wolfram Wette Reviewed by Steve Choe Download PDF Wolfram Wette. The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. Trans. Deborah Lucas Schneider. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 372. Paper, $17.95. Wolfram Wette’s The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality is a translation of the original German text published by S. Fischer Verlag in […]
Mapping Channels between Ganges and Rhein: German-Indian Cross-Cultural Relations, Jörg Esleben, Christina Kraenzle and Sukanya Kulkarni, eds. / Reviewed by Ashwin Manthripragada
Mapping Channels between Ganges and Rhein: German-Indian Cross-Cultural Relations, Jörg Esleben, Christina Kraenzle and Sukanya Kulkarni, eds. Reviewed by Ashwin Manthripragada Download PDF Jörg Esleben, Christina Kraenzle and Sukanya Kulkarni, eds. Mapping Channels between Ganges and Rhein: German-Indian Cross-Cultural Relations. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Pp. 270. Cloth, $69.99. This volume of essays was […]
Fräuleins und GIs, by Annette Brauerhoch / Reviewed by Priscilla D. Layne
Fräuleins und GIs, by Annette Brauerhoch Reviewed by Priscilla D. Layne Download PDF Annette Brauerhoch. Fräuleins und GIs. Frankfurt am Main und Basel: Stroemfeld Verlag, 2006. Pp. 532. Paper, €28.00. According to Annette Brauerhoch, prior to the Second World War, the figure of the Fräulein signified an independent, single, working woman (9); in the years […]
Fliehkraft. Gesellschaft in Bewegung—von Migranten und Touristen, by Tom Holert and Mark Terkessidis / Reviewed by Mason Allred
Fliehkraft. Gesellschaft in Bewegung—von Migranten und Touristen, by Tom Holert and Mark Terkessidis Reviewed by Mason Allred Download PDF Tom Holert and Mark Terkessidis. Fliehkraft. Gesellschaft in Bewegung—von Migranten und Touristen. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2006. Pp. 285. Paper, €8.95. In Fliehkraft, the collaborating authors, Tom Holert and Mark Terkessidis, have teamed up to examine […]
Re-theorizing the “We” in Community: Conceptualising Community: Beyond the State and Individual, by David Studdert; Wir-Intentionalität: Kritik des ontologischen Individualismus und Rekonstruktion der Gemeinschaft, by Hans Bernhard-Schmid / Reviewed by Robert Schechtman
Re-theorizing the “We” in Community: Conceptualising Community: Beyond the State and Individual, by David Studdert; Wir-Intentionalität: Kritik des ontologischen Individualismus und Rekonstruktion der Gemeinschaft, by Hans Bernhard-Schmid Reviewed by Robert Schechtman Download PDF Review of David Studdert, Conceptualising Community: Beyond the State and Individual. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Pp. 221. Cloth $79.95; and Hans […]
Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and The European Road Movie, by Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli / Reviewed by Steve Choe
Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and The European Road Movie, by Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli Reviewed by Steve Choe Download PDF Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli. Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and The European Road Movie. London: Wallflower Press, 2006. Pp. 245. Cloth, $75.00. Paper, $25.00. It is frankly astonishing to read that, according to […]
Kafka's Travels: Exoticism, Colonialism, and the Traffic of Writing, by John Zilcosky / Reviewed by Christina Gerhardt
Kafka’s Travels: Exoticism, Colonialism, and the Traffic of Writing, by John Zilcosky Reviewed by Christina Gerhardt Download PDF John Zilcosky. Kafka’s Travels: Exoticism, Colonialism, and the Traffic of Writing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. xvi, 289. Cloth $79.95. Paper $26.95. As much a meditation on the relationship among Franz Kafka’s writing, travel and travel […]