Wilhelm Meisters Erbe. Deutsche Bildungsidee und globale Digitalisierung. Eine Inventur. Von Heiko Christians. Köln: Bohlau, 2020. 426 Seiten. €35,00 gebunden oder eBook.

Abstract

ulated field of German theater studies, she makes an original and persuasive case that the theatre of anger constitutes a genre of its own that is not synonymous with postmigrant or Black German theater. Landry’s impressive theorization of the politics of anger in performance nevertheless leaves some space for disagreement with regard to the questions of whether the verbal and physical expression of anger is the best way to incite anger and thereby move people politically, or whether misdirected anger can or should be taken up. Scholars drawing on other dramatic traditions—such as the Critical Volksstück, for instance—might argue that oppressed subjects might not always be capable of clearly attributing anger to racist injustice. Olivia Landry’s original study of the theatre of anger as a distinct genre makes an important and timely contribution to German studies, theater studies, and to postcolonial and critical race studies. Scholars and students in these fields will find much to admire in the way she brings these fields into conversation.