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artistic and social movements
Author_Katharina von Ankum
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comprehensive
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forms of mass culture
literature and visual arts
modernism and urbanization in weimar germany
nineteen twenties and thirties
political movements
scientific writings
urban culture of berlin
women as active participants
womens experience
womens involvement in constructing modernity
Product details
- ISBN 9780520204652
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Feb 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Katharina von Ankum is Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Cinncinati. She has taught at Cornell University and the Claremont Colleges.
