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Women and national socialism in postwar German literature : gender, memory, and subjectivity
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Stone, Katherine (2017) Women and national socialism in postwar German literature : gender, memory, and subjectivity. Women and Gender in German Studies . Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 9781571139948
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Abstract
Investigates why the question of women's complicity in National Socialism has struggled to capture the collective imagination, examining how a variety of female authors have conceptualized the role of women in the Third Reich
In recent years, historians have revealed the many ways in which German women supported National Socialism-as teachers, frontline auxiliaries, and nurses, as well as in political organizations. In mainstream culture, however, the women of the period are still predominantly depicted as the victims of a violent twentieth century whose atrocities were committed by men. They are frequently imagined as post hoc redeemers of the nation, as the "rubble women" who spiritually and literally rebuilt Germany.
This book investigates why the question of women's complicity in the Third Reich has struggled to capture the historical imagination in the same way. It explores how female authors from across the political and generational spectrum (Ingeborg Bachmann, Christa Wolf, Elisabeth Plessen, Gisela Elsner, Tanja Dückers, Jenny Erpenbeck) conceptualize the role of women in the Third Reich. As well as offering innovative re-readings of celebrated works, this book provides instructive interpretations of lesser-known texts that nonetheless enrich our understanding of German memory culture.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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Series Name: | Women and Gender in German Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Camden House | ||||
Place of Publication: | Rochester, NY | ||||
ISBN: | 9781571139948 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2017 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 242 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Funder: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC), National University of Ireland Publications Scheme, Maynooth University Publications Scheme | ||||
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