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„Du bist, was du isst“ – Dummes Gemüse und der Reiz des Neuen und Anderen

„Du bist, was du isst“ – Dummes Gemüse und der Reiz des Neuen und Anderen

While English satire magazines mocked vegetarianism since the 1840s, the first German caricatures appeared some 30 years later. Early drawings often imagined that a vegetarian would gradually transform into a plant. Other recurring topics are the assumed correlation between (meatless) nutrition and (peaceful, fragile) physical appearance and character, as well as the debate over whether a meat-rich or a meat-free diet was better for human health. This is from the German version of “Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism.” For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.

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This virtual exhibition features, in English translation, short excerpts from German-language literary texts that address human-nature entanglements. The aim is to show how literature can contribute to understanding and problematizing the relation between humans and nonhuman nature. What aspects of human-nature relations are addressed, at what point in literary history, and how are they shaped poetically? This virtual exhibition is also available in German here.

Sources & Further Reading in Ecocriticism

Sources & Further Reading in Ecocriticism

Source literature and further reading for Sabine Wilke’s virtual exhibition “Human-Nature Relations in German Literature”. This virtual exhibition is also available in German here.

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