| Description |
xvi, 187 pages, 34 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Shearer West -- 1. Politics, the Neue Sachlichkeit and women artists / Marsha Meskimmon -- 2. The Kunstlerehepaar: Ideal and reality / Erika Esau -- 3. German women sculptors 1918-1936: Gender differences and status / Erich Ranfft -- 4. A chance to participate: A transitional time for women photographers / Ute Eskildsen -- 5. Moments can change your life: Creative crises in the lives of dancers in the 1920s / Renate Berger -- 6. Anatomy of the woman as collector and dealer in the Weimar period: Rosa Schapire and Johanna Ey / Shulamith Behr -- 7. Beauty and the Beast: An investigation into the role and function of women in German expressionist film / Carol Diethe -- 8. Woman's nature?: Images of women in 'The Blue Angel', 'Pandora's Box', 'Kuhle Wampe' and 'Girls in Uniform' / Stephen Lamb -- 9. Desiring Berlin: Gender and modernity in Weimar Germany / Dorothy Rowe |
| Summary |
The emergence of the 'Neue Frau' (New Woman) in Germany after the first World War was symptomatic of the social, political, economic and cultural upheavals of the Weimar Republic. In these changing times, new opportunities for women were often pitted against retrenched, traditional gender roles. Visions of the Neue Frau explores the rich contribution made by women in the period to the visual arts. It examines the role of women as producers and patrons of art while also considering the problematic area of woman as subject and object in representation. The book ranges widely across both high and popular culture including fine art, film, performance and mass media. Contributions represent a wide range of viewpoints, from social history to psychoanalysis, and from political theory to postmodernism. Together they provide critical debate on the relationship between gender construction, social history and visual representation in the Weimar Republic |
| Analysis |
Arts By Women |
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Germany |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index |
| Subject |
Arts, German -- 20th century.
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Arts, German.
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Expressionism (Art) -- Germany.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany.
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Feminism and the arts -- Germany.
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Women artists -- Germany.
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| Author |
Meskimmon, Marsha.
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West, Shearer.
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| LC no. |
94044722 |
| ISBN |
1859281575 |
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