Mad Madchen: Feminism and Generational Conflict in Recent German Literature and Film, McCarthy Margaret

The last two decades have been transformational, often discordant ones for German feminism, as a new cohort of activists has come of age and challenged many of the movements strategic and philosophical orthodoxies. Mad M dchen offers an incisive analysis of these trans-generational debates, identifying the mother-daughter themes and other tropes that have defined their representation in German literature, film, and media. Author Margaret McCarthy investigates female subjectivity as it processes political discourse to define itself through both differences and affinities among women. Ultimately, such a model suggests new ways of re-imagining feminist solidarity across generational, ethnic, and racial lines.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. German Feminism in the 2000s: Brains, Bodies, and Bridges