Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany.

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Autorentext
Patricia Simpson is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Professor of German Studies at Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Re-imagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration 1. Defining the 'German' Family in the European Context: Men at Work 2. Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders 3. Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families 4. Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity 5. Immigration Nations: Comedy and The New Family Conclusion: Post-Familial Europe?