{"product_id":"coming-out-swiss-anne-herrmann-9780299298401","title":"Coming Out Swiss: In Search of Heidi, Chocolate, and My Other Life","description":"Anne Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers in \u003ci\u003eComing Out Swiss\u003c\/i\u003e a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. \"Swissness\"--even on its native soil a loose confederacy, divided by multiple languages, nationalities, religion, and alpen geography--becomes in the diaspora both nowhere (except in the minds of immigrants and their children) and everywhere, reflected in pervasive clich駸.\u003cbr\u003e In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clich駸 (chocolate, secret bank accounts, \u003ci\u003eHeidi\u003c\/i\u003e, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, \u003ci\u003eSwiss Family Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise (the \"invention\" of the Alps, the English Colony in Davos, Switzerland's role during World War II, women students at the University of Zurich in the 1870s). She ponders, as well, marks of Swissness that have lost their identity in the diaspora (Sutter Home, Helvetica, Dadaism) and the enduring Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. \u003ci\u003eComing Out Swiss\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal not just to the Swiss diaspora but also to those drawn to multi-genre writing that blurs boundaries between the personal and the historical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Herrmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029929840X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299298401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.07w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014 pg. 104","brand":"Anne Herrmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946398580991,"sku":"9780299298401","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cb3cac27-a0d0-4fb2-9166-b95f1c0312b8.jpg?v=1681512920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-out-swiss-anne-herrmann-9780299298401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}