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Zusatztext [A] well-written! engrossing and exhaustive study . . . By exploring this previously unstudied realm of a much-studied era! "Nazi Chic?" provides and original and absorbing glimpse into the absurdity and exactitude of the National Socialist enterprise. Informationen zum Autor Irene Guenther is Instructional Professor of 20th-century European and American History at The Honors College! University of Houston! USA and recipient of the University of Houston's Provost Teaching Excellence Award and The Honors College Student Board's Distinguished Teaching Award. She is also the author of Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier's Testimony of the Great War. Klappentext We are all familiar with the stereotype of the German woman as either a Brunhilde in uniform or a chubby farmer's wife. However, throughout the interwar period fashion was one of Germany's largest industries and German women ranked among the most elegantly dressed in all of Europe. This book explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image that would mirror official gender policies, instill feelings of national pride, promote a German victory on the fashion runways of Europe, and support a Nazi-controlled European fashion industry. How did the few women with power maintain style and elegance? How did the majority experience the increased standardization of clothing characteristic of the Nazi years? How did women deal with the severe clothing restrictions brought about by Nazi policies and the exigencies of war? Nazi 'Chic'? addresses these questions and many others, including the role of anti-Semitism, "aryanization," and the hypocrisy of Nazi policies. The result is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. Zusammenfassung Deals comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. This book explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image. It details the inner workings of a government-supported fashion institute and an organization established to help aryanize the German fashion world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One Introduction The Fashion Debate in World War One The 'New' Woman Part Two Fashioning Women in the Third Reich 'Purifying' the German Clothing Industry The German Fashion Institute The War Years: The Home Front! the Ghettos and the Concentration Camps of the Third Reich Conclusion Bibliography Know more about this book by visiting: http://www.nazichic.cc/ ...
