{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Veronika Fuechtner on Thomas Mann's construction of &quot;Germanness&quot;","description":"The Brazilian origins of his mother J\u00falia were initially a source of shame for Thomas Mann, but that changed in the 1920s \u201cas his understanding of his role in society and democracy changed,\u201d claims Dr. Veronika Fuechtner. The Professor of German Studies at Dartmouth talks about the role of racial and sexual ambiguity in Mann\u2019s writing and why he emigrated to the U.S. rather than to Brazil. Fuechtner has co-authored A Global History of Sexual Science 1880-1960 (2017) and is currently completing a monograph on J\u00falia Mann and Thomas Mann's construction of race and \u201cGermanness.\u201d&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"55 Voices for Democracy \u2013 The Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/55voices.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24018198\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/133749768"}