Astrid M. Fellner

The work proposes a critical approach to Chicana identity in literature, supporting the thesis that ethnic identity is constructed through the articulation of the literary characters’ multiple selves. The analysis of the works of Wilbur-Cruce, Cisneros, Ortiz Taylor, Castillo, Limon, and Martinez places identities at the intersections of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class, focusing on the characters’ projects of reconstructing their past. The notion of ‘Articulating Selves’ also promotes a way of assuming the subject’s agency, as the characters give voice to their visions of ‘woman’ as an active, dynamic subject.

Contemporary Chicana Self-representation

Articulating Selves

Thomas Fröschl

Michael Draxlbauer

"(Anti-)Americanisms" is a collection of articles presented during the international conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies in 2002. Focusing on the various propagations of American culture in literature, music, film, "the new media", architecture, politics, and ways of life, these essays question the notion of (Anti-)Americanism as an object-oriented construct, a convenient vehicle used to transport ideology. The spectrum of topics includes the historical dimensions of European Anti-Americanism, roots of Anti- Americanism in post-World-War II Austria, and the relationship between Anti-Americanism and American Studies.

(Anti-)Americanisms

How can we understand borders in terms of aesthetic practice? As borders are increasingly moving into the centre of cultural negotiations, the essays in this volume focus on anglophone fiction, film and TV series which employ border-crossing narratives and engage in narrative poetics of cultural encounters. Addressing the complex roles of borders in cultural representations, the articles analyse recent reconceptualisations of borders as processes and practices in border narratives. This book will appeal to anyone interested in cultural border studies as well as ethnic studies.

Literary Approaches and Negotiations

Narratives of Border Crossings

Wie kann man Grenze im Sinne einer ästhetischen Praktik verstehen? Zu einer Zeit, zu der Grenzen immer stärker ins Zentrum des Interesses kultureller Auseinandersetzungen rücken, setzen sich die Artikel dieses Sammelbandes mit englischsprachiger Literatur, Film und TV Serien auseinander, die Grenzüberschreitungen behandeln und eine narrative Poetik der kulturellen Begegnung beinhalten. Die Beitragenden setzen sich mit der Komplexität von Grenzen in kulturellen Repräsentationen auseinander und analysieren rezente Rekonzeptualisierungen von Grenzen als Prozesse und Praktiken in Grenzerzählungen. Dieses Buch spricht all diejenigen an, die sich für kulturwissenschaftliche Border Studies und Ethnic Studies interessieren. Mit Beiträgen von Pirjo Ahokas, Francesca de Lucia, Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou, Astrid M. Fellner, Dorothea Fischer-Hornung, Bettina Hofmann, Nadine M. Knight, Page Laws, Ludmilla Martanovschi, Janna Odabas, Silvia Schultermandl und Elke Sturm-Trigonakis.

Marta Fernández-Morales

Martina Martausová

This book explores popular culture representations of gender, offering a rich and accessible discussion of masculinities and femininities in 21st-century popular media. It brings together contributors from various European countries to investigate the workings of gender in contemporary pop culture products in a brave, original, and rigorous way. This volume is both an academic proposal and an exercise of commitment to a serious analysis of some of the media that influence us most in our everyday lives. Representation matters, and the position we take as viewers or consumers during reception matters even more.

Astrid M. Fellner

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