Event Details
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2013 USC Women’s and Gender Studies Conference |
| Event Type: |
Speakers & Lectures |
| Status: |
Scheduled |
| Audience: |
Faculty, Staff & Students |
| Sponsor: |
Dept. of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
803-777-9734
pilotc@mailbox.sc.edu
artsandsciences.sc.edu/dllc/
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| Date: |
March 1, 2013
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| Time: |
2:30 |
| Building: |
Close/Hipp Building (BA) |
| Campus: |
Columbia |
| Address: |
Lumpkin Auditorium, 8th Floor
Columbia
, SC
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| Description: |
Featured presentation, 2013 USC Women’s and Gender Studies Conference
“Transitions and Transformations: Gender at the Crossroads”
Lumpkin Auditorium, Daniel Management Center, 8th Floor, Moore School of Business
Female / Male? East / West? Androgyny as Literary Motif in Contemporary German Fiction
Androgyny has a long tradition in German literature and art. There is, for example, a large interest for aspects of androgyny, especially intersexuality, in Contemporary German Fiction. German authors use this motif for a diagnostic view on society and cultural codifications of gender. Intersex-characters in literary texts are always outcasts - they suffer from social and sexual exclusion. On the other side they often have a special point of view that provides them with a certain awareness for social problems. Some texts also use the motif of hermaphroditism for political reflections (e.g. on the division and reunion of Germany or Europe) or aesthetic topics: intersexuality then is a symbol for art in general.
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| Price: |
Free
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| Note: All event information is subject to change. |
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