Marylin

A Novel of Passing
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64014-148-3
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 231, 152 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Jim Crow, with relevance to today's Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rundt, Arthur

Höyng, Peter

Mellor, Chauncey J

Weitere Mitwirkende

Höyng, Peter

Mellor, Chauncey J.

Layne, Priscilla

Mellor, Chauncey J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction - Peter Hoeyng and Chauncey J. Mellor

Marylin

Afterword - Priscilla D. Layne

Über Autor(innen)

Rundt, Arthur
ARTHUR RUNDT (1881-1939) was a German author, journalist, and theater director

Mellor, Chauncey J.
CHAUNCEY J. MELLOR is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Tennesee.

Layne, Priscilla
PRISCILLA LAYNE is Professor of German, with an adjunct appointment in African, African American and Diaspora Studies, at the University of North Carolina.

Höyng, Peter
PETER HÖYNG is Professor of German at Emory University.