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Austrian Drag: Staging Gender in Ingeborg Bachmann's Probleme Probleme

Panel: 
Modern Austrian Literature I: Transgression and Continuity
Abstract: 

The text's protagonist stages her femininity in deliberate ways. The pure performance of identity is both liberating and the product of a repression of history. The text offers a unique perspective on the nexus of gender construction, performativity, and the burdens of history in post-war Austria.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Imke
Last Name: 
Meyer
Institution: 
Bryn Mawr College