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Katharina von Ankum
Women in the Metropolis
Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture
$21.95, £15.95 paperback
978-0-520-20465-2
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264 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 34
February 1997, Available worldwide
Categories: German Studies; Women's Studies; European Literature; Film; European History
February 1997, Available worldwide
Categories: German Studies; Women's Studies; European Literature; Film; European History
"Well argued and often extremely illuminating. . . . The tension between the adventurous theater of the self and the metropolitan self as simply theater is well animated by this illuminating collection."—Central European History
"A landmark work of German cultural studies. The richness of the material is dazzling: each of the essays opens up new areas of scholarly inquiry and connects, in surprising and illuminating ways, with other essays in the volume."—Maria Tatar, author of Lustmord
"These are thought-provoking readings of the 'New Woman's' encounters with modernity in Weimar culture."—Atina Grossmann, author of Reforming Sex
"These are thought-provoking readings of the 'New Woman's' encounters with modernity in Weimar culture."—Atina Grossmann, author of Reforming Sex
Bringing together the work of scholars in many disciplines, Women in the Metropolis provides a comprehensive introduction to women's experience of modernism and urbanization in Weimar Germany. It shows women as active participants in artistic, social, and political movements and documents the wide range of their responses to the multifaceted urban culture of Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s.
Examining a variety of media ranging from scientific writings to literature and the visual arts, the authors trace gendered discourses as they developed to make sense of and regulate emerging new images of femininity. Besides treating classic films such as Metropolis and Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, the articles discuss other forms of mass culture, including the fashion industry and the revue performances of Josephine Baker. Their emphasis on women's critical involvement in the construction of their own modernity illustrates the significance of the Weimar cultural experience and its relevance to contemporary gender, German, film, and cultural studies.
Examining a variety of media ranging from scientific writings to literature and the visual arts, the authors trace gendered discourses as they developed to make sense of and regulate emerging new images of femininity. Besides treating classic films such as Metropolis and Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, the articles discuss other forms of mass culture, including the fashion industry and the revue performances of Josephine Baker. Their emphasis on women's critical involvement in the construction of their own modernity illustrates the significance of the Weimar cultural experience and its relevance to contemporary gender, German, film, and cultural studies.
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Lotte in Weimar, by Thomas Mann
Weimar, by Arthur Jacobson and Bernhard Schlink, editors
Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany, by Bernd Widdig
Weimar Surfaces, by Janet Ward
Lotte in Weimar, by Thomas Mann
Weimar, by Arthur Jacobson and Bernhard Schlink, editors
Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany, by Bernd Widdig
Weimar Surfaces, by Janet Ward