Oberflächen-Ekel. Zur (Un-)Moral der Kleidermode bei Friedrich Theodor Vischer und Christian Kracht
Keywords:
disgust, surface, (im)morality, fashion, literatureAbstract
In German-speaking discourse, fashion often signals immorality: after all, it is about the hedonistic preoccupation with material surfaces and the consumption of goods and brands, which is often discredited as ‘superficial’. The extent to which surface and depth, fashion and (im)morality are intertwined is shown in two literary examples from the 19th and 20th centuries: Friedrich Theodor Vischer’s polemical contributions Mode und Cynismus (1879) and Christian Kracht’s pop novel Faserland (1995). In both examples, the preoccupation with objects of fashion reveals itself as a tipping point: where its moral devaluation is intended, its glamorous aspects appear at the same time, whereas its celebration dominates ostensibly, it is ultimately doomed to death and proves to be morally questionable.
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