German Life and Civilization

ISSN: 0899-9899

German Life and Civilization contributes to a critical understanding of Central European cultural history from medieval times to the present. Culture is here defined in the broadest sense, comprising expressions and representations in literature, music, performative and pictorial arts, and media, as well as political and sociohistorical developments in the texture of everyday life. Building on its strengths in GDR scholarship and political literature, the series also seeks to explore newer thematic trends such as human entanglements with the environment and natural world, and transnational and minority communities. The series aims to foster progressive and inclusive scholarship that aspires to a synthetic view of culture by crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries. Manuscripts in both English and German are subject to a robust external peer review process. Series Editor: Kristopher Imbrigotta (University of Puget Sound) Series founder: Jost Hermand (University of Wisconsin) Advisory Board: Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie Mellon), Jason Groves (University of Washington), Brigitte Jirku (University of Valencia), Teresa Kovacs (Indiana University), Anke Pinkert (University of Illinois), Caroline Rupprecht (City University of New York), Marc Silberman (University of Wisconsin), Didem Uca (Emory University)

74 publications

Studies in Life Writing

Studies in Life Writing: Biography, Autobiography, Memoir welcomes full-length studies of life writing in all its forms: biography, autobiography, memoir, journals, diaries, blogs, and so forth. Dovetailing nicely with the critical theories of the later twentieth century, life writing questions the divide between fact and fiction, challenges the possibility of presenting a life objectively, and examines how the shaping forces of language and memory prohibits any simple attempts at truth and reference. Provocatively, interest in life writing has increased as both autobiographical and biographical narratives have become a major presence on the Internet, and the growth of literary nonfiction has prompted a resurgence of life narratives and memoirs. The series invites both single-authored book-length studies and multi-authored essay collections on the theory and/or pedagogy of life writing.

1 publications

Popular Culture and Everyday Life

"Popular Culture and Everyday Life (PC&EL) is the new space for critical books in cultural studies. The series innovates by stressing multiple theoretical, political, and methodological approaches to commodity culture and lived experience, borrowing from sociological, anthropological, and textual disciplines. Each PC&EL volume develops a critical understanding of a key topic in the area through a combination of a thorough literature review, original research, and a student-reader orientation. The series includes three types of books: single-authored monographs, readers of existing classic essays, and new companion volumes of papers on central topics. Likely fields covered are: fashion; sport; shopping; therapy; religion; food and drink; youth; music; cultural policy; popular literature; performance; education; queer theory; race; gender; class." "Popular Culture and Everyday Life (PC&EL) is the new space for critical books in cultural studies. The series innovates by stressing multiple theoretical, political, and methodological approaches to commodity culture and lived experience, borrowing from sociological, anthropological, and textual disciplines. Each PC&EL volume develops a critical understanding of a key topic in the area through a combination of a thorough literature review, original research, and a student-reader orientation. The series includes three types of books: single-authored monographs, readers of existing classic essays, and new companion volumes of papers on central topics. Likely fields covered are: fashion; sport; shopping; therapy; religion; food and drink; youth; music; cultural policy; popular literature; performance; education; queer theory; race; gender; class." "Popular Culture and Everyday Life (PC&EL) is the new space for critical books in cultural studies. The series innovates by stressing multiple theoretical, political, and methodological approaches to commodity culture and lived experience, borrowing from sociological, anthropological, and textual disciplines. Each PC&EL volume develops a critical understanding of a key topic in the area through a combination of a thorough literature review, original research, and a student-reader orientation. The series includes three types of books: single-authored monographs, readers of existing classic essays, and new companion volumes of papers on central topics. Likely fields covered are: fashion; sport; shopping; therapy; religion; food and drink; youth; music; cultural policy; popular literature; performance; education; queer theory; race; gender; class."

37 publications

Life and Letters of Ferdinand von Mueller

Of German origin Ferdinand von Mueller migrated to Australia in 1847. Government Botanist of Victoria for 43 years until his death in 1896, he was Australia's greatest scientist of the 19th century – a major contributor to international science, an intrepid explorer of parts of Australia previously unknown to Europeans, and a dominant figure in the scientific and intellectual life of his adopted country. Throughout his working life, Mueller kept up an enormous correspondence. Large numbers of letters by or to him have been located, scattered throughout the world, and edited for publication. These constitute a major new research tool for both Australian historians and historians of science. They are also of fundamental importance to Australian taxonomic botany, for Mueller introduced vast numbers of Australian plants to western science. Die Gesamtausgabe (4 Bände plus CD-ROM) wird zu einem Subskriptionspreis abgegeben, welcher bis zum Erscheinen aller vier Bände gültig ist. Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie nur die Gesamtausgabe subskribieren können. Wenn Sie subskribieren möchten, so benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte per e-mail. ISBN für Subskriptionen (Bde. 1-4): ISBN 3-906761-69-X / US-ISBN 0-8204-4219-X Subskriptionspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band): sFr. 80.75 / € * 51.60 / € ** 48.20 / £ 36.00 / US-$ 62.95 Subskriptionspreis für Band 4: sFr. 47.75 / € * 30.70 / € ** 28.70 / £ 21.00 / US-$ 34.95 Verkaufspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band) nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 95.00 / € * 60.80 / € ** 56.80 / £ 43.00 / US-$ 73.95 Verkaufspreis für Band 4 nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 56.00 / € * 35.80 / € ** 33.50 / £ 25.00 / U Of German origin Ferdinand von Mueller migrated to Australia in 1847. Government Botanist of Victoria for 43 years until his death in 1896, he was Australia's greatest scientist of the 19th century – a major contributor to international science, an intrepid explorer of parts of Australia previously unknown to Europeans, and a dominant figure in the scientific and intellectual life of his adopted country. Throughout his working life, Mueller kept up an enormous correspondence. Large numbers of letters by or to him have been located, scattered throughout the world, and edited for publication. These constitute a major new research tool for both Australian historians and historians of science. They are also of fundamental importance to Australian taxonomic botany, for Mueller introduced vast numbers of Australian plants to western science. Die Gesamtausgabe (4 Bände plus CD-ROM) wird zu einem Subskriptionspreis abgegeben, welcher bis zum Erscheinen aller vier Bände gültig ist. Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie nur die Gesamtausgabe subskribieren können. Wenn Sie subskribieren möchten, so benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte per e-mail. ISBN für Subskriptionen (Bde. 1-4): ISBN 3-906761-69-X / US-ISBN 0-8204-4219-X Subskriptionspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band): sFr. 80.75 / € * 51.60 / € ** 48.20 / £ 36.00 / US-$ 62.95 Subskriptionspreis für Band 4: sFr. 47.75 / € * 30.70 / € ** 28.70 / £ 21.00 / US-$ 34.95 Verkaufspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band) nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 95.00 / € * 60.80 / € ** 56.80 / £ 43.00 / US-$ 73.95 Verkaufspreis für Band 4 nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 56.00 / € * 35.80 / € ** 33.50 / £ 25.00 / U Of German origin Ferdinand von Mueller migrated to Australia in 1847. Government Botanist of Victoria for 43 years until his death in 1896, he was Australia's greatest scientist of the 19th century – a major contributor to international science, an intrepid explorer of parts of Australia previously unknown to Europeans, and a dominant figure in the scientific and intellectual life of his adopted country. Throughout his working life, Mueller kept up an enormous correspondence. Large numbers of letters by or to him have been located, scattered throughout the world, and edited for publication. These constitute a major new research tool for both Australian historians and historians of science. They are also of fundamental importance to Australian taxonomic botany, for Mueller introduced vast numbers of Australian plants to western science. Die Gesamtausgabe (4 Bände plus CD-ROM) wird zu einem Subskriptionspreis abgegeben, welcher bis zum Erscheinen aller vier Bände gültig ist. Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie nur die Gesamtausgabe subskribieren können. Wenn Sie subskribieren möchten, so benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte per e-mail. ISBN für Subskriptionen (Bde. 1-4): ISBN 3-906761-69-X / US-ISBN 0-8204-4219-X Subskriptionspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band): sFr. 80.75 / € * 51.60 / € ** 48.20 / £ 36.00 / US-$ 62.95 Subskriptionspreis für Band 4: sFr. 47.75 / € * 30.70 / € ** 28.70 / £ 21.00 / US-$ 34.95 Verkaufspreis für die Bände 1-3 (pro Band) nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 95.00 / € * 60.80 / € ** 56.80 / £ 43.00 / US-$ 73.95 Verkaufspreis für Band 4 nach Erscheinen aller vier Bände: sFr. 56.00 / € * 35.80 / € ** 33.50 / £ 25.00 / U

3 publications