Literature, Film, and Culture Industry in Contemporary Austria (inbunden)

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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 205
Utgivningsdatum: 2002-11-01
Förlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Medarbetare: Lamb-Faffelberger, Margarete (ed.)
Illustratör/Fotograf: 5
Illustrationer: 5 ill.
Dimensioner: 230 x 160 x 19 mm
Antal komponenter: 33
Komponenter: 33 Hardbacks
ISSN: 1054-058X
ISBN: 9780820449043

Contemporary Austria habitually presents itself as the « cultural nation, or Kulturnation, where the promotion of culture is both of national and economic importance. In 1999, the government stated the value of culture in Austria as follows: « Our cultural heritage, contemporary culture, and art constitute major factors for both our own definition of cultural nation as well as the foreign perception of Austria. Since the 1950s, Austria has nurtured a romantic attitude toward its past glory and embraced a cultural conservatism that hindered many Austrians from developing an open mind toward - and interest in - cultural criticism, artistic experimentation, and innovation. Therefore, most state funding continues to be channeled toward Austria's established theaters and artists rather than the writers and filmmakers, who make significant contributions to the public discourse on cultural amnesia and historical revisionism by challenging with varying intensity and on differing aesthetic platforms Austria's misguided self-promotion, such as Kulturnation par excellence.

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« Dr. Lamb-Faffelberger's informative and eminently readable book contains firstrate literary and cultural analyses and critical essays by leading scholars. This fine collection of articles celebrates a new phase in Austrian Studies in the United States, marked by the founding of MALCA (Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association). The authors address a wide spectrum of issues and concerns: Austrian cultural politics and policies; Austrian stereotypes; and the conditions under which the truly remarkable contribution to Western culture by Austrian writers, filmmakers, essayists and dramatists is produced and disseminated. Major contemporary writers and artists and their works are highlighted - Jelinek, Haneke, Brandstetter, Haslinger, and Handke. What a fascinating panorama of ideas and viewpoints on an often underestimated German-speaking society in the heart of Europe!