317807528

Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany [Elektronische Ressource]

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011

212 p.

Monographs in German History, vol. 32

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978-0-85745-120-0

 

Deutschland  Frau  Geschlechtsidentität  Geschlechterrolle  Männlichkeit  Garçonne  f Online-Publikation  Weimarer Republik  Literatur  Frauenbild  Geschichte 1918-1933 

 

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978-0-85745-121-7

Throughout the Weimar period the so-called "masculinization of woman" was much more than merely an outsider or subcultural phenomenon; it was central to representations of the changing female ideal, and fed into wider debates concerning the health and fertility of the German "race" following the rupture of war. Drawing on recent developments within the history of sexuality, this book sheds new light on representations and discussions of the masculine woman within the Weimar print media from 1918-1933. It traces the connotations and controversies surrounding this figure from her rise to media p...