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dc.contributor.advisorMariacher, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorKriegel, Lina
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T23:02:08Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T23:02:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/46441
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines aspects of the identity construction of the protagonist Martha Jadassohn in Gertrud Kolmar's novel “Die jüdische Mutter” (1965). It sheds light on her identity as a mother, Jew and woman, which is characterized in particular by 'Othering' experiences. It is concluded that Martha Jadassohn has a dependency identity that seems to break down when these dependencies dissolve. The resulting crises act as a catalyst for identity construction and help the character to discover new identities or reinterpret previous ones. The climax of this ambivalence of construction and deconstruction is the final self-deconstruction, which manifests itself in the act of suicide. However, this final act does not represent failure, but rather reflects an act of liberation from the determining consequences of a dependency identity. Thus, the novel is an indictment of the destructive social expectations of marginalized population groups (Jews, women and mothers).
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoDU
dc.subjectThis thesis examines aspects of identity (de-)construction in Gertrud Kolmar's novel “Die jüdische Mutter” (1965).
dc.title„Ich kann nichts für mich selbst" Identitäts(de-)konstruktion in Gertrud Kolmars Die jüdische Mutter (1931)
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsidentity construction; othering; alterity; German Jewish literature
dc.subject.courseuuInterculturele communicatie
dc.thesis.id31115


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