| Women and Modernity in Weimar Germany: Reality and Its Representation in Popular Fiction Contributor(s): Petersen, Vibeke Rützou (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571811540 ISBN-13: 9781571811547 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - Literary Criticism | European - German - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 833.912 |
| LCCN: 00062103 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Germany - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book focuses on the popular fiction of Weimar Germany and explores the relationship between women, the texts they read, and the society in which they lived. A complex picture emerges that shows women talking center stage, not only in the fiction but also in the reality that shaped its fictional representations. One of the author's significant conclusions is that it was the growing strength of female subjectivity, its strong positioning, and its insistent claim to visibility that occupied the imaginations and fears of Weimar culture and contributed in an important way to the crisis that afflicted the Weimar Republic. |
Contributor Bio(s): Petersen, Vibeke R.: - Vibeke Rützou Petersen is the Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of German at Drake University |