Publisher's Synopsis
Based on the (contested) notion of the existence of a specific culturalcontext of the region defined as "Central Europe," contributors tothe volume discuss the following topics: comparative cultural studies as a theoretical framework forthe study of Central and East European culture(s) (Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek),modernism in Central European literature (Andrea Fábry), Central EuropeanHolocaust poetry (Zsuzsanna Ozsváth), gender in Central European literature andfilm (Anikó Imre), Austroslovakism in the work of Slovak writer Anton Hykisch(Peter Petro), Kundera and the identity of Central Europe (Hana Pichova),public intellectuals in Central Europe after 1989 (Katherine Arens),contemporary Austrian and Hungarian cinema (Catherine Portuges), the notion ofperipherality in contemporary East European culture (Roumiana Deltcheva), andCentral European Jewish family history in the film Sunshine (Susan RubinSuleiman). The volume also includes a bibliography for the study of Central Europeanculture (Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek).
