| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Women and gender in German studies |
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Women and gender in German studies.
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| Contents |
The gender of good and evil : guilt and repression in Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina (1971) -- Matriarchal morality : women and hope in Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster (1976) -- Patriarchal authority and fascism past and present : Elisabeth Plessen's Mitteilung an den Adel (1976) -- The blessing of a late, female birth : Gisela Elsner's Fliegeralarm (1989) -- Uncanny legacies : gender and guilt in Tanja Dückers's Himmelskörper (2003) -- The dialectic of vulnerability and responsibility : Jenny Erpenbeck's Heimsuchung (2007) |
| Summary |
In recent years, historians have revealed the many ways German women supported National Socialism - in political organizations, as teachers, frontline auxiliaries, and nurses. In mainstream culture, however, the women of the period are still predominantly depicted as the victims of a violent twentieth century whose atrocities were committed by men. They are frequently imagined as the post hoc/ redeemers of the nation, as "rubble women" who spiritually and literally rebuilt the nation. This book investigates why women's complicity in the Third Reich has struggled to capture the historical imagination. It explores how female authors from across the political and generational spectrum (Ingeborg Bachmann, Christa Wolf, Elisabeth Plessen, Gisela Elsner, Tanja Dückers, Jenny Erpenbeck) conceptualize women's role in the Third Reich. As well as offering innovative re-readings of celebrated works, this book provides instructive interpretations of lesser-known works that nonetheless enrich our understanding of German memory culture. Katherine Stone is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Maynooth University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-222) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
German literature -- 20th century -- History
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National socialism and women.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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German literature
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National socialism and women
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787441019 |
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1787441016 |
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9781787441088 |
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1787441083 |
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