New Masculinities in Contemporary German Literature

The complex nexus between masculinity and national identity has long troubled, but also fascinated the German cultural imagination. This has become apparent again  since  the fall of the Iron Curtain and the turn of the millennium  when transnational developments have noticeably shaped Germany’s  self-perception as a nation . This book examines the social and political impact of transnationalism with reference to  current discourses of masculinity  in novels by five