@incollection{2024:frholzer:a_journey_,
title = {A Journey in Reverse: Myths of a Foreign Father in Aris Fioretos'' Halva solen},
year = {2024},
note = {In 2012, Aris Fioretos - Swedish-born author of Austro-Greek origin -
published Halva solen (Half the sun), an (auto)biographically-rooted
narration of a son about the life, family, and migration (hi)story of
his father, a Greek physician who had immigrated to Sweden in his
youth. Starting with the father's end of life and ending with his
life's beginning, the son tries to understand a person who, due to his
different cultural background as well as his suffering from
Parkinson's disease and dementia, has remained a mystery to him until
his very end. Against this backdrop, the paper at hand is interested
in the ways and techniques with which the narrated stories of
geriatric disease and migration-bound interculturalism lead to a
juxtaposition of closeness and (mythical) foreignness. While the main
part of this paper is based on a close reading of Fioretos' Halva
solen, I will also cast a concluding look at the (auto)biographical
dimensions of the book and the ethical implications of reading,
interpreting, and biographically framing intercultural kinship.},
booktitle = {Masculinities Ageing between Cultures},
pages = {109--126},
edition = {1},
author = {Fürholzer, Katharina},
publisher = {transcript},
address = {Bielefeld},
series = {Aging Studies},
volume = {21}
}