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Women in the Metropolis

Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

By: Katharina von Ankum

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Women in the Metropolis

Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

By: Katharina von Ankum

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.

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Univ of California Press

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052091760X

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9780520917606

Women in the Metropolis

Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

By: Katharina von Ankum

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Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

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Look at the People! (Bilingual Edition)

The New Objectivity Type Portrait in the Weimar Period

By: Jan Bürger,Alina Grehl,Anna Katharina Hahn,Christin Hansen,Erik Koenen,Nadine Metzger,Anne Vieth,Nils Warnecke

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The New Objectivity Type Portrait in the Weimar Period

By: Jan Bürger,Alina Grehl,Anna Katharina Hahn,Christin Hansen,Erik Koenen,Nadine Metzger,Anne Vieth,Nils Warnecke

The search for "the face of the era" how typology influenced art of the Weimar Republic and beyond In Weimar Germany, portraits by New Objectivity artists such as Otto Dix, George Grosz, Jeanne Mammen and Hanna Nagel were a testimony to the fascination with "types." This volume explores their relevance from the 1920s to the present day, underscoring the dilemma of stereotyping individuals.

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Hatje Cantz Verlag

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3775756000

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9783775756006

Transatlantic Cultural Exchange

African American Women's Art and Activism in West Germany

By: Katharina Gerund

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African American Women's Art and Activism in West Germany

By: Katharina Gerund

From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as »mother« of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women's art and activism throughout the 20th century. The discursive strategies that have shaped the (West) German reactions to African American women's social activism and cultural work are examined in this study, which proposes not only a nuanced understanding of »African Americanizations« as a form of cultural exchange but also sheds new light on the role of African American culture for (West) German society, culture, and national identity.

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transcript Verlag

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3839422736

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9783839422731

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Women in the Metropolis

Women in the Metropolis

Women in the Metropolis

Women in the Metropolis

Look at the People! (Bilingual Edition)

Look at the People! (Bilingual Edition)

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Transatlantic Cultural Exchange

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