Writing and rewriting the Reich

• Verfasst von: Barton, Deborah [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Writing and rewriting the Reich
• Titelzusatz: women journalists in the Nazi and post-war press
• Verf.angabe: Deborah Barton
• Verlagsort: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: xvi, 360 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 23 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: German and European studies ; 48
• Fussnoten: Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 307-337 ; Enthält ein Register
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-4721-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (s)Journalistin / (s)Nationalsozialismus / (z)Geschichte 1933-1945
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Barton, Deborah: Writing and rewriting the Reich. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2023. - 1 online resource (382 pages)
• RVK-Notation: NQ 2270
• Sach-SW: Journalism
• Sach-SW: Nazi propaganda
• Sach-SW: Press
• Sach-SW: Press coverage
• Sach-SW: Women journalists
• Sach-SW: History
• Geograph. SW: Germany
• Zeit-SW: 1900-1999
• K10plus-PPN: 1838452850

Abstract

This book tells the complex story of women journalists as both outsiders and insiders in the German press of the National Socialist and post-war years. From 1933 onward, Nazi press authorities valued female journalists as a means to influence the public through charm and subtlety rather than intimidation or militant language. Deborah Barton reveals that despite the deep sexism inherent in the Nazi press, some women were able to capitalize on the gaps between gender rhetoric and reality to establish prominent careers in both soft and hard news. Based on data collected on over 1,500 women journalists, the book describes the professional opportunities open to women during the Nazi era, their gendered contribution to Nazi press and propaganda goals, and the ways in which their Third Reich experiences proved useful in post-war divided Germany. It draws on a range of sources including editorial proceedings, press association membership records, personal correspondence, newspapers, diaries, and memoirs. It also sheds light on both unknown journalists and famous figures including Margret Boveri, Ruth Andreas-Friedrich, and Ursula von Kardorff. Addressing the long-term influence of women journalists, this book illuminates some of the most salient issues in the nature of Nazi propaganda, the depiction of wartime violence, and historical memory.