Dr. Beret Norman has taught at Boise State University since 2004, and now serves as
an Associate Professor of German, and German Section Head, in the Department of Modern
Languages and Literature. She has a B.A. in English Literature and German Studies from
Augustana College in South Dakota, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and
Literatures from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. 

Dr. Norman's research interests are in German literature, film, and poetry, and she
is an active author, presenter, and book reviewer in these areas. She is active in
professional language associations, and serves as the German Club Advisor here at Boise
State.

Articles

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Carousel of Consumerism: Austrian Filmmaker Barbara Albert’s Critique of Contemporary Society in Böse Zellen, Glossen (2011)

All of Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert’s three feature films, Nordrand (Northern Skirts) (1999), Böse Zellen...

 

The Politics of Austrian Hip-Hop: HC Strache’s Xenophobia Gets Dissed, Colloquia Germanica (2006)
 

Contributions to Books

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‘Avant-femme’ or Futuristic Frauen: Collaborative Art by Women in the German Democratic Republic, Artistic Bedfellows. Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices (2008)
 

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Ostalgie as Verfremdungseffekt in Neo Rauch’s Paintings [‘Nostaligia for East Germany’ as an ‘Alienation Effect’ in Neo Rauch’s Paintings], Ossi Wessi (2008)
 

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Social Alienation and Gendered Surveillance: Julia Franck Observes Post-Wende Society, German Literature in a New Century: Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations (2008)