warlike women in the german literary and cultural imagination since 1500
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Colvin, Sarah > [ed]
- Creator
- Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen > [ed]
- Contributor
- Davies, Mererid Puw
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- DUI 54 2009
- Thesaurus
- literatuur, populaire cultuur, amazonen, travestie, nationaal socialisme, moeders, feminisme, matriarchaat, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid, oorlog en vrede, krijgsmacht, seksualiteit, historisch, West-Duitsland, Oost-Duitsland, Duitsland, bundel
- Description
- Warlike women are a recurring phenomenon in German literature and culture since 1500. Amazons, terrorists, warrior women : this volume of essays analyzes ideas and portrayals of these figures in the visual arts, society, media, and scholarship, always against the backdrop of Germany's development as a culture and as a nation. The contributors look for patterns in the historical portrayal of warlike women, asking the questions: What cultural signals are sent when women are shown occupying men's spaces by dressing as warriors or in men's clothing? What can legitimize the woman who bears arms? From what is the erotic potential of images linking women and violence derived?