Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film (New Directions in German Studies)

Cover\nContents\nList of Figures\nList of Tables\nNotes on Contributors\nRepresenting Social Precarity: Introduction Ulrich Plass\n1 Literature and the History of Precarity: An Interview with Patrick Eiden-Offe Karsten Olson\n2 Precarious Property: Adam Müller’s Theory of Poetic Possession Jörg Kreienbrock\n3 Die Judenbuche and the Rights of the Poor Karsten Olson\n4 We Poor People: The Personal Experience of Precariousness in Dantons Tod and Woyzeck Michael Swellander\n5 Hilfe von Mensch zu Mensch: Social Precarity and the Elberfeld System Rebekah O. McMillan\n6 Precarity and Form: Lu Märten’s Intervention in the Worker’s Autobiography Mari Jarris\n7 In Search of a Divine Calling, or Lunch: Unproductive Labor in Emmy Hennings’ Das Brandmal Sophie Duvernoy\n8 Typists as “billige Ware”: White-Collar Women’s Work in Weimar Literature Mary Hennessy\n9 Unemployment, Organization, and Reproductive Self-Determination in Kuhle Wampe Ulrich Plass\n10 “Hidden Stockpiles of Words and Images”: An Interview with Thomas Heise Matthias Rothe\n11 Biopolitics and Superstition in Barbara Albert’s Böse Zellen Lena Trüper\n12 Precarious Lives and Social Decline in Marlene Streeruwitz’s Jessica, 30. and Kristine Bilkau’s Die Glücklichen Lisa Wille\n13 Linguistic Precarity in German Film: Discourses of Appropriateness in German Class and Welcome to Germany Lindsay Preseau\nIndex