@inbook{779ab5ebddd94011880d9b6cedc2f7d1,
title = "Why Stay? Shifting Perspectives on 'Inner Emigration' and Resistance in the Works of Elfriede Br{\"u}ning",
abstract = "This chapter examines the shifting perspectives on {\textquoteleft}inner emigration{\textquoteright} and resistance to fascism in the works of the East German writer, Elfriede Br{\"u}ning. Focusing on two fictional texts, ...damit du weiterlebst (1949) and Septemberreise (1974) and one explicitly autobiographical work, Und au{\ss}erdem war es mein Leben (1994), the chapter analyses Br{\"u}n¬ing{\textquoteright}s present¬ation of different forms of opposition to Nazism. Drawing on state¬ments by the author external to the primary texts, the position of these three works in Br{\"u}ning{\textquoteright}s autobiographical project is considered. In particular, the chapter examines tensions in Br{\"u}ning{\textquoteright}s presentation of female re¬sistance to fascism across the three works and the conflict between nar¬rative identities based on political commitment to antifascism and those based on a gendered commitment to familial ties. It is argued that a comparison of autobiography and self-reflexive fiction can elucidate tensions in the author{\textquoteright}s self-understanding by highlighting the ways in which she explores different aspects of her identity and experience across different narrative personae.",
author = "Sara Jones",
year = "2012",
month = dec,
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-420-3593-5",
series = "German Monitor",
publisher = "Rodopi",
pages = "71--84",
editor = "David Clarke and Axel Goodbody",
booktitle = "The Self in Transition",
address = "Netherlands",
}