Embodied Histories - New Womanhood in Vienna, 18941934

"In Embodied Histories, historian Katya Motyl explores the everyday acts of defiance that formed the basis for new, unconventional forms of womanhood in turn-of-the-century Vienna. The figures Motyl brings back to life dressed however they pleased, defied gender conformity, behaved brashly, and expressed themselves freely, overturning assumptions about what it meant to exist as a woman. Motyl delves into the ways in which these women inhabited and reshaped the urban landscape of Vienna, an increasingly modern, cosmopolitan city. Specifically, she focuses on how easily overlooked quotidian practices such as loitering outside cafâes, striking up conversations with strangers, and taking dogs for walks helped create novel conceptions of gender. Exploring the emergence of a new womanhood, Embodied Histories presents a new account of how the gender, the body, and the city merge with and transform each other, showing how our modes of being are radically intertwined with the spaces we inhabit"--

About the author

Katya Motyl is assistant professor of history, as well as Affiliate Faculty of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program and the Global Studies Program at Temple University.

Product details

• Authors: Katya Motyl
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2024
• EAN: 9780226832142
• ISBN: 978-0-226-83214-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; austria, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, Vienna, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls