„EIN MÄDCHEN AUS PÜREE“. SELBSTBILD, KÖRPER UND KÖRPERLICHKEIT IN STEFANIE DE VELASCOS JUGENDROMAN KEIN TEIL DER WELT
“EIN MÄDCHEN AUS PÜREE”. SELF-IMAGE, BODY AND CORPOREALITY IN STEFANIE DE VELASCOS YOUTH NOVEL KEIN TEIL DER WELT

Summary/Abstract: This article is about the cultural and social formation of the self-image and the body of the young characters in Stefanie de Velasco’s youth novel Kein Teil der Welt, in which life as a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses and life outside of the religious group are discussed. The focus is on the body and the internal and external conflicts of “the people from the truth”, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses call themselves in the novel and on the emancipation process in a community in which strict control is exercised over the members – not least in terms of body, sexuality, and external appearances – and there is not much room for personal identity or an individual style. Furthermore, self-image and corporeality among the “world people” who do not belong to the religious community are analyzed. It is also discussed what happens to the characters when they cross the border between these two worlds.

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