Barbara Vinken loves Munich. Twelve years ago, Germany’s most elegant academic moved to the Bavarian capital. It was the charming atmosphere and the high quality of life, but also the surrounding mountains and lakes, that attracted the Ludwig-Maximilian University literature professor. When she’s not teaching, the stylish theorist writes eloquent, profound, and often entertaining and feisty books, for instance about the relation between fashion, gender roles, and society.
