DECONSTRUCTION OF BEAUTY NORMS, NORM BODIES AND BODY IMAGES. ELISABETH STEINKELLNER’S PAPIERKLAVIER (2020) Cover Image

DEKONSTRUKTION VON SCHÖNHEITSNORMEN, NORMKÖRPERN UND KÖRPERBILDERN. ELISABETH STEINKELLNERS PAPIERKLAVIER (2020)
DECONSTRUCTION OF BEAUTY NORMS, NORM BODIES AND BODY IMAGES. ELISABETH STEINKELLNER’S PAPIERKLAVIER (2020)

Author(s): Anna STEMMANN
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Austrian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Adolescence; adolescent novel; feminism; queerness; age; intersectionality; narrative space;

Summary/Abstract: The following article is dedicated to the Austrian youth novel Papierklavier (2020) by Elisabeth Steinkellner. On the level of histoire, further thematic constellations of conflict intertwine with the specific form, which incorporate current feminist discourses to reflect body norms and images. The following analysis draws on recent approaches to age (Benner & Ullmann 2019), queerness (Kraß 2003) and intersectionality (Benner 2016; Walgenbach 2012) to analyse this tense interplay of form and content.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 169-183
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German