{"product_id":"german-literature-on-the-middle-nina-berman-9780472035571","title":"German Literature on the Middle East: Discourses and Practices, 1000-1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerman Literature on the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dynamic between German-speaking and Middle Eastern states and empires from the time of the Crusades to the end of the Cold War. This insightful study illuminates the complex relationships among literary and other writings on the one hand, and economic, social, and political processes and material dimensions on the other. Focusing on German-language literary and nonfiction writings about the Middle East (including historical documents, religious literature, travel writing, essays, and scholarship), Nina Berman evaluates the multiple layers of meaning contained in these works by emphasizing the importance of culture contact; a wide web of political, economic, and social practices; and material dimensions as indispensible factors for the interpretive process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis analysis of literary and related writing reveals that German views about the Middle East evolved over the centuries and that various forms of action toward the Middle East differed substantially as well. Ideas about religion, culture, race, humanism, nation, and modernity, which emerged successively but remain operative to this day, have fashioned Germany's changed attitudes toward the Middle East. Exploring the interplay between textual discourses and social, political, and economic practices and materiality, \u003ci\u003e German Literature on the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights that challenge accepted approaches to the study of literature, particularly approaches that insist on the centrality of the linguistic construction of the world. In addition, Berman presents evidence that the German encounter with the Middle East is at once distinct and yet at the same time characterized by patterns shared with other European countries. By addressing the individual nature of the German encounter in the larger European context, this study fills a considerable gap in current scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interdisciplinary approach of\u003ci\u003e German Literature on the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to the humanities in general, and specifically to scholars of German studies, comparative literature, Middle Eastern studies, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Berman is Professor of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacket image: Map of Europe by Giovanni Magini, from his \"Geography.\" Venice,  1598]. From the University of Michigan Map Library. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical Map of the World, April 2008. From the University of Texas Perry-Casta eda Library, Map Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nina Berman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472035576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472035571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Nina Berman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919895199999,"sku":"9780472035571","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_14d91f86-6412-4703-9c1c-995e507ac9e4.jpg?v=1680812500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/german-literature-on-the-middle-nina-berman-9780472035571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}