Elisabeth Herrmann – författare

Investigates the concept of transnationalism and its significance in and for German-language literature and culture.Transnationalism has become a key term in debates in the social sciences and humanities, reflecting concern with today's unprecedented flows of commodities, fashions, ideas, and people across national borders. Forced and unforced mobility, intensified cross-border economic activity due to globalization, and the rise of trans- and supranational organizations are just some of the ways in which we now live both within, across, and beyond national borders.Literature has always been a means of border crossing and transgression-whether by tracing physical movement, reflecting processes of cultural transfer, traveling through space and time, or mapping imaginary realms. It is alsobecoming more and more a "moving medium" that creates a transnational space by circulating around the world, both reflecting on the reality of transnationalism and participating in it. This volume refines our understanding of transnationalism both as a contemporary reality and as a concept and an analytical tool. Engaging with the work of such writers as Christian Kracht, Ilija Trojanow, Julya Rabinowich, Charlotte Roche, Helene Hegemann, Antje Rávic Strubel, Juli Zeh, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and Wolfgang Herrndorf, it builds on the excellent work that has been done in recent years on "minority" writers; German-language literature, globalization, and "world literature"; and gender and sexuality in relation to the "nation."Contributors: Hester Baer, Anke S. Biendarra, Claudia Breger, Katharina Gerstenberger, Elisabeth Herrmann, Christina Kraenzle, Maria Mayr, Tanja Nusser, Lars Richter, Carrie Smith-Prei, Faye Stewart, Stuart Taberner.Elisabeth Herrmann is Associate Professor of German at Stockholm University. Carrie Smith-Prei is Associate Professor of German at the University of Alberta. Stuart Taberner is Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society at the University of Leeds and is a Research Associate in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch; German and French at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

An unforgettable heroine. An unforgiveable past. For fans of Child 44, The Lives of Others, and Stasi Child, The Cleaner is a gripping thriller that will chill and intrigue as the sins of the past catch up with the secrets of the present. Pools of blood, scenes of carnage, signs of agonising death - who deals with the aftermath of violence once the bodies have been taken away?Judith Kepler has seen it all. She is a crime scene specialist. She turns crime scenes back into habitable spaces. She is a cleaner.It is at the home of a woman who has been brutally murdered that she is suddenly confronted with her own past. The murder victim knew Judith''s secret: as a child Judith was sent to an orphanage under mysterious circumstances - parentage unknown. And the East German secret police were always there, in the background. . . .When Judith begins to ask questions, she becomes the target of some powerful enemies.And nothing will ever be the same again.

An unforgettable heroine. An unforgivable past. For fans of Child 44, The Lives of Others and Stasi Child, The Cleaner is a gripping thriller that will chill and intrigue as the sins of the past catch up with the secrets of the present. Pools of blood, scenes of carnage, signs of agonising death - who deals with the aftermath of violence once the bodies have been taken away?Judith Kepler has seen it all. She is a crime scene specialist. She turns crime scenes back into habitable spaces. She is a cleaner.It is at the home of a woman who has been brutally murdered that she is suddenly confronted with her own past. The murder victim knew Judith's secret: as a child Judith was sent to an orphanage under mysterious circumstances - parentage unknown. And the East German secret police were always there, in the background. . . .When Judith begins to ask questions, she becomes the target of some powerful enemies.And nothing will ever be the same again.

This volume traces current developments in contemporary German-language literature. It reveals that changes in the literary field have taken place since the mid-1990s that are not least connected with the establishment of a young generation of storytellers and the formation of new groups. Linked to this is, among other things, a "rehabilitation" of storytelling and an increasing plurality of forms, genres, narrative styles and media networks.Against this background, the contributions show the key thematic areas and poetological tendencies in the literature since 1989. They reveal the referential polarity of literary and media discourse: while the debate over the most recent German history remains prominent, new genres such as pop and migrant literature testify that authors increasingly make reference to sociocultural phenomena of the immediate present in its international context.

Auf mörderischer Wallfahrt waren 24 Top-Krimiautor(inn)en am Hellweg unterwegs und sind nicht immer geläutert, aber in jedem Fall mit einer Geschichte über Mord und Totschlag, Schuld und Sühne zurückgekehrt. Gute Unterhaltung ist so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche!Bernhard Aichner: Wie ich in Opherdicke mit Edward Hopper ein neues Leben begann ● Christa von Bernuth: Als Allah nach Herdecke kam ● Mechtild Borrmann: Hammer Treue ● Horst Eckert: Der Heiler von Hagen ● Jürgen Ehlers: Die toten Puppen von Lünen ● Sebastian Fitzek: UNNAtürlich ● Frl. Krise und Frau Freitag: Letztes Amen in Bergkamen ● Sascha Gutzeit: Stirb schnell im Hellweg-Express ● Georg Haderer: Danke, Kamen – und sorry für den Toten ● Kathrin Heinrichs: Dran glauben in Soest ● Carsten Sebastian Henn: Atmen in Bad Sassendorf ● Elisabeth Herrmann: Letzter Ausstieg Ahlen ● Susanne Kliem: Der gute Geist von Bönen ● Ria Klug: Früher war allet picobello in Wickede ● Judith Merchant: Kein Fall für Hunter in Oelde ● Gisa Pauly: Auf Trebe in Holzwickede ● Theresa Prammer: Fröndenberger Liebesspiele ● Till Raether: Vom Ende der Unschuld in Schwerte ● Jörg Steinleitner: Die Illuminaten von Lüdenscheid ● Arno Strobel: Verloren in Gelsenkirchen ● Su Turhan: Dortmunder Leichenglück ● Matthias Wittekindt: Das Mädchen vom Wittener Kreuz ● Rainer Wittkamp: Iserlohner Reinheitsgelübde