Playing House; Motherhood, Intimacy, and Domestic Spaces in Julia Franck's Fiction (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction: The ‘Frauleinwunder’ and feminism ? Roles: Theorizing performativity and performance ? Lovers: The search for and failure of intimacy in Berlin literature ? Daughters: Psychoanalytic theory, domestic space, and maternal desire ? Mothers: Refuting psychoanalytic models, the bad mother, and ‘Maternal drag’ ? Fathers and Sons: Absent fathers, sisters, and siblings, and looking for home.