The Meanie Club — Gendered violence and post-punk narratives of love in Miss Farkku-Suomi by Kauko Röyhkä and Dorfpunks by Rocko Schamoni. (2019)
Journal Article
Gratzke, M. (in press). The Meanie Club — Gendered violence and post-punk narratives of love in Miss Farkku-Suomi by Kauko Röyhkä and Dorfpunks by Rocko Schamoni. Forum for Modern Language Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqz031

This article examines love, relationships, intimacy and gendered violence in fictionalised punk biographies by authors and post-punk recording artists Kauko Röyhkä and Rocko Schamoni. Punk rock’s DIY aesthetic emphasises self-fashioning and shock val... Read More

Materiality of Love, Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice. (2017)
Book
A. Malinowska, & M. Gratzke (Eds.), (2017). Materiality of Love, Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice

Introduction: Love Matters Anna Malinowska and Michael Gratzke Part I: Material Love 1. Love Materialism. Technologies of Feeling in the Post-Material World (An Interview) Dominic Pettman 2. Love Among Objects: Poetry and Time in Light... Read More

The rise and fall of “emotional capitalism”. Consumerism and materialities of love in dystopian works by Thomas Melle, Leif Randt and Gary Shteyngart. (2017)
Book Chapter
Gratzke, M. (2017). The rise and fall of “emotional capitalism”. Consumerism and materialities of love in dystopian works by Thomas Melle, Leif Randt and Gary Shteyngart. In A. Malinowska, & M. Gratzke (Eds.), Materiality of Love, Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice, 101-117. New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Critical Love Studies (2017)
Book
Gratzke, M. (2018). A. Burge, & M. Gratzke (Eds.), Critical Love Studies

Love is what people say it is: Performativity and narrativity in critical love studies (2017)
Journal Article
Gratzke, M. (2017). Love is what people say it is: Performativity and narrativity in critical love studies. Journal of popular romance studies, 6, 1-20

This article outlines the objectives of critical love studies, their grounding in a wide range of critical theory, a multi-disciplinary methodology, and finally gives an example of practical application in literary scholarship and participatory commu... Read More

Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren) (2015)
Book Chapter
Gratzke, M. (2015). Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren). In M. Schmidt (Ed.), Rücksendungen zu Jacques Derridas Die Postkarte. Ein essayistisches Glossar, 223-230. Vienna: Turia + Kant

Schwärzester Tag meines Lebens: Heterobeziehungen und Jungsfreundschaften bei Wolfgang Herrndorf (2015)
Book Chapter
Gratzke, M. (2015). Schwärzester Tag meines Lebens: Heterobeziehungen und Jungsfreundschaften bei Wolfgang Herrndorf. In A. Klappert (Ed.), Wolfgang HerrndorffWeimar: VDG