Marylin: a novel of passing

Marylin, a novel by the Austrian writer Arthur Rundt about a mixed-race woman passing as white, moves from Chicago to New York City and concludes tragically on a Caribbean island. First published in 1928 and now translated into English, it offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during...

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1. Verfasser: Rundt, Arthur 1881-1939 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mellor, Chauncey J. 1942- (ÜbersetzerIn, HerausgeberIn), Höyng, Peter 1960- (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn), Layne, Priscilla 1981- (VerfasserIn eines Nachworts)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rochester, New York Camden House 2022
Schriftenreihe:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Online-Zugang:DE-12
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Zusammenfassung:Marylin, a novel by the Austrian writer Arthur Rundt about a mixed-race woman passing as white, moves from Chicago to New York City and concludes tragically on a Caribbean island. First published in 1928 and now translated into English, it offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Jim Crow. Rundt's short but powerful novel touches several vital issues in society today, engaging each in a way that prompts further examination and cross-fertilization. First, it sheds historical light on what has become painfully obvious in the Black Lives Matter era (if it wasn't before): the continued injustice experienced by Blacks in America as an effect of structural racism. Second, it confronts issues of migration and hybrid identities. Third, it has relevance for Women's Studies through the title character's interaction with the patriarchy. Through these connections, it responds to a growing current in German Studies concerned with diversity and inclusion and integrating the discipline into the broader humanities. An introduction and an afterword, both of them extensive and scholarly, contextualize the novel in its time and as it relates to ours
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jan 2023)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 123 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800106796
DOI:10.1017/9781800106796

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