Discovering Women's History: German-Speaking Journalists (1900-1950) / Edition 1

by Christa Spreizer

Overview

Discovering Women's History brings to light the work of a selection of German-speaking women journalists from the first half of the twentieth century who made significant contributions to German life and culture, yet are barely known today. The volume raises awareness regarding the range of viewpoints represented by women journalists of the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034307475
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	07/18/2014
Series:	Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture , #15
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Christa Spreizer is Associate Professor of German in the Department of European Languages & Literatures at Queens College of The City University of New York. Her research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century German literature and culture.

Table of Contents

Contents: Godela Weiss-Sussex: Radical Feminist and Belligerent Journalist. Grete Meisel-Hess (1879-1922) – Christa Spreizer: In Search of the Überweib. The Journalism of Elsa Asenijeff (1867-1941) – Christa Spreizer: ‘Das Erwachen der Frau’. Eliza Ichenhaeuser (1869-1932) and the First Wave of German Feminism – Lisa Marie Anderson: The ‘Meisterin des deutenden Essais’. Margarete Susman (1872-1966) on the First World War and the November Revolution – Kerry Wallach: Front-Page Jews. Doris Wittner’s (1880-1937) Berlin Feuilletons – Beth Ann Muellner: Roving Reporter, Travel Journalist, Storyteller. Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) – Elke Nicolai: She of All People. The Journalist Erika Mann (1905-1969) – Jana Mikota: Journalistic Production of the New Woman. Vicki Baum (1888-1960) and Gina Kaus (1893-1985) – Jana Mikota: Proletarian Literature and the Woman Question. The Journalism of Alice Rühle-Gerstel (1894-1943) during the Weimar Republic – Julian Preece: The Literary Interventions of a Radical Writer Journalist. Maria Leitner (1892-1942) – Frances Mossop: Writing the City. The Berlin of Gabriele Tergit (1894-1982) – Lynne Tatlock: ‘Our Correspondent in Weimar’. Gabriele Reuter (1859-1941) and The New York Times – Deborah Barton: ‘Soft’ Propaganda for Germany? The Writings of Ursula von Kardorff (1911-1988) – Erika Mann: Appendix. I, of All People.

Editorial Reviews

«There is a wealth of detail in this collection, and much to discover. It is an important addition to the Women in German Literature series edited by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, and a fascinating contribution to European press history. Its most significant value lies in restoring these women journalists to the light of historical knowledge.»
(European Journal of Communication, Vol. 30(1), 2015)

«This volume will be of particular use and interest to anyone working in the area of women’s writing, the popular press or the literary and cultural history of the early twentieth century.»
(Maureen O. Gallagher, Women in German Newsletter. Volume 127 Summer 2016)

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