Dr. Heike Henderson joined the faculty at Boise State University in 1997, and has made her mark on the University's German program by placing emphasis on the integration of cultural understanding within language and literature courses. She holds a Ph.D. in German Literature with a Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research from the University of California, Davis. Her dissertation was entitled "Re-Reading and Re-Writing Multiculturalism: Turkish Women Writers in Germany". Dr. Henderson's major research interests include Turkish women writers in Germany, the fall of The Wall and its literary aftermath, and food in contemporary German literature.
Articles
Cannibalistic Delights: Human Consumption in Contemporary German Literature, The Journal of Popular Culture (2011)
Few other topics generate the same amount of simultaneous revulsion and fascination as cannibalism. Eating...
Geographies of Food: 'Afters', Progress in Human Geography (2011)
This third and final 'Geographies of food' review is based on an online blog conversation...
Beyond Currywurst and Döner: The Role of Food in German Multicultural Literature and Society, Glossen (2004)
After outlining some striking similarities between ethnic food marketing and multicultural literature, I intend to...
Contributions to Books
'Buchanan, Andrea', 'Idaho', and 'Maushart, Susan', Encyclopedia of Motherhood (2010)
A collection of approximately 700 articles in a three-volume, A-to-Z set exploring major topics related...
Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel, Women in German Yearbook 22 (2006)
Women in German Yearbook is a refereed publication presenting a wide range of feminist approaches...
Geschichte(n) erzählen: Literarische Erinnerungen an eine Kindheit in der Türkei (Telling History/Stories: Literary Memories of a Childhood in Turkey), Literatur und Identität: Deutsch-deutsche Befindlichkeiten und die multikulturelle Gesellschaft (Literature and Identity: German-German Considerations and the Multicultural Society) (2000)
Presentations
Consuming the Unknown: ‘Strange’ Foods, Taboos, and German Tastes, National Convention of the German Studies Association (2010)
Performing Cannibalism: Werner Schwab’s ‘ÜBERGEWICHT, unwichtig: UNFORM, International Symposium of the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (2008)