| Description |
1 online resource (402 pages) |
| Series |
Women and Gender in German Studies |
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Women and gender in German studies.
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| Contents |
Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Age of Enlightened Rule?; 1: Women's Political Authority in Maria Antonia Walpurgis von Sachsen's Talestris: Königin der Amazonen (Thalestris: Queen of the Amazons, 1763); 2: Maxims of Leadership for a Silent Readership: Sophie von La Roche's Pomona für Teutschlands Töchter and Mein Schreibetisch; 3: Marcus Aurelius, Also for Girls: Discussions on the Best Form of Government in Enlightenment Hamburg |
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4: Dux Femina Facti: Gender, Sovereignty, and (Women's) Literature in Marie Antonia of Saxony's Thalestris and Charlotte von Stein's Dido5: Crossing the Front Lines: Female Leadership, Politics, and War in Die Familie Seldorf; 6: Power Struggles between Women in Schiller's and Jelinek's Works; Part II. Leadership as Social Activism around 1900; 7: Age and Purpose: Unmarried Women and Female Agency in the Works of E. Marlitt and Hedwig Dohm; 8: "Heroism of the Mother": Women's Rights Pioneer Jeannette Schwerin, Motherlove, and Women's Leadership in German- Speaking Central Europe, 1890-1914 |
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9: Strategic Optimism: Bertha von Suttner's Activism for Peace10: Humanizing Socialism: The Feminist Dimension of Rosa Luxemburg's Intellectual Leadership; Part III. Women and Political Power in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries; 11: Follow-the-Leader: Tracing Male Influence on Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph des Willens; 12: "Leaning In": The Career Woman as Instrument of Neoliberal Critique; 13: Change, Persistence, and Contradiction: The Representation of Female Political Leadership in Gendered Media; 14: Petra Kelly: A Green Leader out of Place? |
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15: "Mama Merkel" and "Mutti-Multikulti": The Perils of Governing While Female16: Women Leaders in Troubled Times: The Leadership Styles of Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
A collection of essays achieving a deeper understanding of the historical roots and theoretical assumptions that inform the realities and fantasies of German female leadership |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Leadership in women -- Germany -- History
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Political leadership -- Germany -- History
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Women -- Political activity -- Germany -- History
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Leadership in women
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Political leadership
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Women -- Political activity
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Krimmer, Elisabeth, 1967- editor.
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Simpson, Patricia Anne, 1958- editor.
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Simpson, Patricia Anne
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| ISBN |
1787445623 |
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9781787445628 |
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9781787446410 |
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1787446417 |
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