Weighs the value of Germanophone culture, and its study, in an age of globalization, transnationalism, and academic change. The study of German-language culture has been rapidly diversifying to express the vibrant multiplicity of what it is now possible to research, and teach, under the rubric of "German Studies." Responding to these developments, German in the World explores what happens when the geographic, linguistic, and temporal boundaries that have traditionally been used to define German-language culture are questioned, and are placed alongside more global perspectives. Chapters consider the transformation of the German-language cultural canon through its engagement with the world, trace the value of German Studies as an interdisciplinary subject practiced across different global locations, and investigate the impact of both on the work of organizations and practitioners entirely beyond the academy. In questioning where German-language culture can be found across these different "worlds," German in the World thus uncovers the continued value of German Studies as a field of critical cultural discourse within a globalized public sphere, placing that culture at the heart of debates on Transnational and World Literature. Ultimately, the contributions to this innovative volume demonstrate how attempts to locate German Studies in its wider geographic and social contexts result not in a discipline undone, but in a discipline reinvigorated and transformed.

About the Author
James Hodkinson is Reader in German at Warwick University. Benedict Schofield is Reader in German at King's College London. Benedict Schofield is Reader in German at King's College London. FRAUKE MATTHES is a Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh. James Hodkinson is Reader in German at Warwick University.

Reviews
The volume advocates for an expansion of German studies beyond its traditional roots in German literary studies, embracing the transnational turn, decolonization, diasporic literatures, migration, exile, cultural transfer, and hybridity. * THE YEAR'S WORK IN MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES *
This interesting volume of essays seeks to address a crisis that has been unfolding in German studies, indeed in modern language studies generally, for at least four decades. . . . Hodkinson and Schofield bring together some responses to the challenges German studies face . . . reflect[ing] the current concerns about diversity and widening inclusivity, de-colonizing the curriculum, de-centring the field and liberation from the straightjacket of the canon. . . . De-centering, de-colonizing, seeking to remedy social and other forms of exclusion through scholarship and teaching are admirable aims. . . . The questions Hodkinson and Schofield have raised are certain to be debated for some time. -- Joachim Whaley * JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES *



Book Information
ISBN 9781640140332
Author James R Hodkinson
Format Hardback
Page Count 308
Imprint Camden House Inc
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g