Women in the Metropolis: Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture Volume 11

by Katharina von Ankum

Book Overview

Bringing together the work of scholars in many disciplines, Women in the Metropolis provides a comprehensive introduction to women's experience of modernism and urbanization in Weimar Germany. It shows women as active participants in artistic, social, and political movements and documents the wide range of their responses to the multifaceted urban culture of Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s. Examining a variety of media ranging from scientific writings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520204654
• ISBN13: 9780520204652
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"