Marylin

Arthur Rundt

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Language: English

Published by Boydell and Brewer Ltd, US, 2022

1640141480 / 9781640141483

Series: Book 42 of 48 - Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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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.

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Title
Marylin
Author
Arthur Rundt
Publisher
Boydell and Brewer Ltd, US
Publication year
2022
Condition
New
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1640141480
ISBN 13
9781640141483
Item weight
378 grams
Series
Book 42 of 48: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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