TY - GEN T1 - Politics of the Self : Feminism and the Postmodern in West German Literature and Film. T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - McCormick, Richard W. LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn884013162 AB - Richard McCormick examines the concepts of postmodernity and postmodernism as they apply to West Germany, discussing them against the background of cultural and political upheaval in that country since the 1960s, rather than exclusively in the more familiar setting of intellectual history. Considering six literary and cinematic texts that are marked by a preoccupation with the self and subjectivity, he underscores the crucial influence of feminism on writers and filmmakers--and on the ""postmodern."" In a broad international context he describes the conflicting forces that affected the West OP - 275 NO - Cover. CN - NX180.F4 SN - 9781400861644 SN - 1400861640 SN - 9781306986175 SN - 1306986176 KW - Feminism and the arts : Germany (West) KW - Postmodernism : Germany (West) KW - Féminisme et arts : Allemagne (Ouest) KW - Postmodernisme : Allemagne (Ouest) KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : German. KW - Feminism and the arts KW - Postmodernism KW - Germany (West) ER -