Women and Modernity in Weimar Germany Reality and its Representation in Popular Fiction

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.

About the author

Vibeke Rützou Petersen is the Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of German at Drake University

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Vibeke R. Petersen, Vibeke Rutzou Petersen, Vibeke Rützou Petersen
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.06.2001
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781571811547
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-154-7
• Pages: 196
• Dimensions (packing): 14 x 21.6 cm
• Weight (packing): 399 g
• Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities > 5
• Subjects: Gender Studies and Sexuality, Cultural Studies (General)