Contested femininities

• Verfasst von: Lynn, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Contested femininities
• Titelzusatz: representations of modern women in the German illustrated press, 1920-1960
• Verf.angabe: Jennifer Lynn
• Verlagsort: New York ; Oxford
• Verlag: Berghahn
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: xi, 285 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 257-278 ; Dissertation hatte abweichenden Titel vor Änderungen (Contesting Images: Representations of the Modern Woman in the German Illustrated Press, 1924-1933)
• Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, UNC Chapel Hill, 2008
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-416-7
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (s)Illustrierte / (s)Frauenbild / (z)Geschichte 1920-1960
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (s)Illustrierte / (s)Frauenbild / (z)Geschichte 1920-1960
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Lynn, Jennifer: Contested femininities. - New York : Berghahn, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 285 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: AP 25080
• RVK-Notation: NW 8100
• K10plus-PPN: 1883814529

Abstract

In this comprehensive, long-view study on the concept of the Neue or Moderne Frau (New or Modern Woman) that spans the Weimar Republic, Third Reich, post-war period, and a divided Germany, Contested Femininities explores how different political and social groups constructed images of women to present competing visions of the future. It takes the highly contested representations of women presented in the illustrated press and examines how they emerged as crucial markers of modernity. In doing so it reveals the surprising continuity of these images across political periods and reflects on how debates over paid work, the gender division of labor in the household, the politics of the body, and consumption, played a central role in how different German regimes defined the Modern Woman.