@article{Wiemann2013, author = {Wiemann, Dirk}, title = {Cities of the mind - villages of the mind}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Anglistik und Amerikanistik : a quarterly of language, literature and cultur}, volume = {61}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Anglistik und Amerikanistik : a quarterly of language, literature and cultur}, number = {1}, publisher = {K{\"o}nigshausen \& Neumann}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, issn = {0044-2305}, doi = {10.1515/zaa.2013.61.1.59}, pages = {59 -- 72}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Deep into the second half of the twentieth century the traditionalist definition of India as a country of villages remained dominant in official political rhetoric as well as cultural production. In the past two decades or so, this ruralist paradigm has been effectively superseded by a metropolitan imaginary in which the modern, globalised megacity increasingly functions as representative of India as a whole. Has the village, then, entirely vanished from the cultural imaginary in contemporary India? Addressing economic practices from upper-class consumerism to working-class family support strategies, this paper attempts to trace how 'the village' resurfaces or survives as a cultural reference point in the midst of the urban.}, language = {en} } @book{EcksteinBartelsWalleretal.2019, author = {Eckstein, Lars and Bartels, Anke and Waller, Nicole and Wiemann, Dirk}, title = {Postcolonial Literatures in English: An Introduction}, publisher = {Metzler}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-476-02674-3}, pages = {V, 202}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Postcoloniale Literatur bezeichnet die nationalen anglophonen Literaturen in den Amerikas, Asien, Afrika und Ozeanien (zeitweise auch New English Literatures genannt). Eine Darstellung nach Regionen ist wegen der migrantischen Bewegungen der Autor/innen allerdings nicht zu leisten. Daher behandelt der Band die zentralen Themen der postkolonialen Debatte, die jeweils Autor/innen aus verschiedenen Regionen betreffen.}, language = {en} } @article{Wiemann2013, author = {Wiemann, Dirk}, title = {Spectacles of astonishment: tragedy and the regicide in England and Germany, 1649 - 1663}, isbn = {978-140-945-556-1}, year = {2013}, language = {en} }