Tomboy
Meinecke, Thomas
Sold by Seagull Books, Hove, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 10 March 2005
Used - Soft cover
Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketSold by Seagull Books, Hove, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 10 March 2005
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHas some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
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This innovative novel from German author Thomas Meinecke takes a thought-provoking look at the role of gender in the social, artistic, and intellectual pursuits of a group of inquisitive university students living in Heidelberg. The clique includes bisexual Korinna, a star tennis player and obsessive reader of Michel Foucault’s and Judith Butler’s theories of sexuality; Frauke, a lesbian doctoral student writing her dissertation about Christ’s foreskin; Frauke’s fiancée Angela, formerly Angelo, a Bible-reading Italian Catholic who considers himself a lesbian; and Hans, a self-described male feminist who believes that men suffer from “reproduction envy.” Last but not least is Vivian, a half-German, half-American student whose work on her master’s thesis leads her to throw out an incessant series of questions to these friends and classmates―and thus to us, the readers. Structured around Vivian’s questions, Tomboy examines why things are the way they are, particularly regarding the perception of gender between individuals and in society as a whole. Fans of novelists David Foster Wallace and J. G. Ballard, as well as such theorists as Foucault and Butler, are sure to be intrigued by this extraordinary postmodern exercise in literature.
Thomas Meinecke was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1955. He is the author of five novels, all of which use an innovative writing technique similar to music sampling. This approach allows him to deal with a variety of topics, from popular culture, music, and gender roles to the German, Jewish, and African Diaspora in the United States. When he isn’t busy writing, he plays in the experimental rock band F.S.K. (Voluntary Self-Control) and works as a club DJ in Berlin.
Translator Daniel Bowles is a literary scholar and musician. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, he holds degrees from Vanderbilt University and Harvard University, where he received his doctorate in Germanic languages and literatures in 2011. His scholarly endeavors have earned him numerous fellowships and grants, including Fulbright, German Academic Exchange Service, and Whiting Foundation fellowships, leading him to additional study at the University of Regensburg, the Free University of Berlin, and the Humboldt-University Berlin. Beyond his research in contemporary German literature, satire, semiotic theory, gender studies, and music, Bowles is a teacher of literature, film, and language and a translator. He also remains active as a pianist, runner, and connoisseur of the aqua vitae of his native Kentucky. Bowles resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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