Title Marylin : a novel of passing / Arthur Rundt ; translated by Chauncey J. Mellor with Peter Höyng ; edited by Peter Höyng and Chauncey J. Mellor ; afterword by Priscilla D. Layne

Published Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 123 pages) Series Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; 231 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; v. 231. Summary "Marylin, a novel by the Austrian writer Arthur Rundt about a mixed-race woman passing as white, moves from Chicago to New York City and concludes tragically on a Caribbean island. First published in 1928 and now translated into English, it offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Jim Crow. Rundt's short but powerful novel touches several vital issues in society today, engaging each in a way that prompts further examination and cross-fertilization. First, it sheds historical light on what has become painfully obvious in the Black Lives Matter era (if it wasn't before): the continued injustice experienced by Blacks in America as an effect of structural racism. Second, it confronts issues of migration and hybrid identities. Third, it has relevance for Women's Studies through the title character's interaction with the patriarchy. Through these connections, it responds to a growing current in German Studies concerned with diversity and inclusion and integrating the discipline into the broader humanities. An introduction and an afterword, both of them extensive and scholarly, contextualize the novel in its time and as it relates to ours"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Translated from the German Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2022) Subject Passing (Identity) -- United States -- Fiction United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 -- Fiction Genre/Form Novels Novels. Romans. Form Electronic book Author Höyng, Peter, editor, translator. Mellor, Chauncey J., 1942- editor, translator. Layne, Priscilla, writer of afterword. LC no. 2022014840 ISBN 9781800106802 1800106807 9781800106796 1800106793

Other Titles Marylin. English

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