Anke BiendarraAssistant Professor, German Core Faculty, European Studies |
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Research Interests |
German literature and culture of the 20th/21st century, esp. GDR culture, literature of unification, pop culture, new media, film. Cultural Studies. Literary Sociology. | |
| Appointments | Assistant Professor of German Studies, University of Cincinnati, OH (2003-2005). | |
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Research Abstract |
Prof. Biendarra is currently working on a monograph with the working title "Effects of Globalization on Contemporary German Culture". This research project analyzes how globalizing factors within the literary marketplace affect the role and understanding of authorship after unification. At the intersection of literary sociology, media studies and textual interpretations, the study combines a sociological argument on generational shifts with a critical evaluation of the construction of literary “pop stars” in light of a globalized literary economy, and analyses into the narrative strategies of a wide body of literary and non-literary texts. | |
| Publications |
EDITED SPECIAL ISSUE Closing Borders, Bridging Gaps? Deutscher Pop an der Jahrtausendwende. Special issue of Literatur für Leser 31.2 (2008). |
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SELECTED ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS AND INTERVIEWS: 1. "Autorschaft 2.0: Mediale Selbstinszenierungen im Internet (Deutschland/USA)." Globalisierung und deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur. Eds. Wilhelm Amann, Georg Mein, and Rolf Parr. Synchron: Wissenschaftsverlag der Autoren [forthcoming late 2009]. 2.“Pop & Politik: Formen von Engagement in der zeitgenössischen Popliteratur.” Literatur für Leser 31.2 (2008): 125-143. 3. “'Schreiben ist wie ein schöner Zustand, der mich verwandelt.' Interview with Antje Rávic Strubel." Glossen 27 (2008): http://www.dickinson.edu/glossen/heft27/Interviews/Biendarra.html 4. “'Jedes Buch ist ein eigenes Projekt, das eine eigene Form findet.' Interview with Gregor Hens." Glossen 27 (2008): http://www.dickinson.edu/glossen/heft27/Interviews/Biendarra-Hens.html. 5. "'Schriftstellerin zu sein und in seinem Leben anwesend zu sein, ist für mich eins': Ein Gespräch mit Terézia Mora." TRANSIT Vol. 3. No 1 (April 2008): http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/2007/biendarra.html 6. "Ich bin wie der Thelonius Monk im Bebop - einer, der anders spielt." Interview with Thomas Meinecke. Literaturkritik.de (July 2007): http://www.literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=10946 7.“Globalization, Travel, and Identity: Judith Hermann and Gregor Hens”. 6. Gegenwartsliteratur. A German Studies Yearbook V (Fall 2006): 233-251. 8. “’Man photographiert Dinge, um sie aus dem Sinn zu verscheuchen’: Zu den Motiven der Photographie und des verstellten Blicks in Kafkas Romanfragment Der Verschollene”. Orbis Litterarum 61:1 (2006). 16-41. 9. “Gen(d)eration Next: Prose by Julia Franck and Judith Hermann”. Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature 28:1 (2004). 211-239. 10. “Der Erzähler als ‘popmoderner Flaneur’ in Christian Krachts Roman Faserland”. German Life and Letters 55:2 (2002). 164-79. 11. “Engagierte Literatur? Überlegungen zu den sich verändernden Rollen von Intellektuellen im wiedervereinigten Deutschland”. Der Vereinigungsschock – Zehn Jahre danach. Eine vergleichende Betrachtung. Eds. Wolfgang Schluchter and Peter Quint. Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, 2001. 292-311. |
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| Grants | American Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008-09, American Association of University Women (AAUW) | |
| Faculty Research Fellow, International Center for Writing and Translation, UC Irvine (2006-07); Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council, University of Cincinnati (2004); Research Fellowship, Charles Phelps Taft Fund, University of Cincinnati (2004); Graduate Stipend, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar, Germany (2002); Humanities Center Dissertation Fellowship, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington (1999-2000); German and American Academic Council (GAAC) Young Scholars’ Summer Institute, Social Science Research Council New York/Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (1999-2000); Peter Suhrkamp Dissertation Grant, Center for Contemporary German Literature, Washington University in St. Louis, MO | ||
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Professional Societies |
Modern Language Association German Studies Association Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Women in German German Schiller Society International Association of Germanists |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5289 | |
| Last updated | 09/27/2009 | |