Gendering Post-1945 German History: Entanglements

Published by Berghahn Books 2019

Gendering Post-1945 German History

Entanglements

Edited by: Karen Hagemann , Donna Harsch and Friederike Brühöfener

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201925

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Although “entanglement” has become a keyword in recent German history scholarship, entangled studies of the postwar era have largely limited their scope to politics and economics across the two Germanys while giving short shrift to social and cultural phenomena like gender. At the same time, historians of gender in Germany have tended to treat East and West Germany in isolation, with little attention paid to intersections and interrelationships between the two countries. This groundbreaking collection synthesizes the perspectives of entangled history and gender studies, bringing together established as well as upcoming scholars to investigate the ways in which East and West German gender relations were culturally, socially, and politically intertwined.

Author / Editor information

Karen Hagemann is the James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on Modern German and European history and gender history. Her most recent publications include Gender and the Long Postwar: The United States and the Two Germanys, 1945–1989 (ed. with Sonya Michel, 2014).

Donna Harsch is Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on the political and social historian of twentieth-century Germany. Her most recent publications include Revenge of the Domestic: Women, the Family, and Communism in the German Democratic Republic (2007).

Friederike Brühöfener is Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is currently working on a comparative study on the development of military masculinities in East and West Germany.

Karen Hagemann is the James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on Modern German and European history and gender history. Her most recent publications include Gender and the Long Postwar: The United States and the Two Germanys, 1945–1989 (ed. with Sonya Michel, 2014).

Reviews

“The volume as a whole offers an impressive range and breadth of research and is both robust and accessible. The choice of the editors to invite younger scholars to contribute chapters is a further strength of the volume, the result being a clear willingness to question previous approaches and to open new avenues for research.” • German History

“[This volume] deals with a fascinating but largely by historical research neglected field…[it] convincingly does justice to its claim enrich traditional historiography and to treat contemporary history as gender history.” • Sehepunkte

“Applied to the Cold War, this volume shows in a striking way how ubiquitous and effective gender was as a regulatory category in all areas of political, cultural, and social life in the divided Germany. With its inspiring take, its analytically precise approach, and the various thematical focal points, the book offers a well structured and most interesting panorama of the time after 1945.” • H-Soz-Kult

“The novel contributions in this volume represent truly innovative research and impressive new findings well contextualized by theory. The editors have done a brilliant job of reviewing the histography across the areas of Germany, history, and gender.” • Myra Max Ferree, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Gendering Post-1945 German History provides real analytical insights and excellent state-of-the-literature essays that otherwise would be inaccessible to most readers. The scholarship in this volume will be essential for specialists and students alike.” • Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction. Gendering Post-1945 German History: Entanglements Karen Hagemann, Donna Harsch and Friederike Brühöfener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I GENDERING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 1 Entanglements of Gender, Politics, and Protest in the Historiography on the Two Post-1945 Germanys Karen Hagemann and Donna Harsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
CHAPTER 2 Entangled Gender Relations and Sexuality in the Historiography on the Two Post-1945 Germanys Jennifer Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
CHAPTER 3 Contact Zones and Boundary Objects The Media and Entangled Representations of Gender Erica Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
PART II GENDER, POLITICS, AND POLICIES
CHAPTER 4 The Big Cleanup Men, Women, and Rubble Clearance in Postwar East and West Germany Leonie Treber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER 5 Children, Church, and Rights East and West German Protests against Family Law Reforms in the 1950s Alexandria Ruble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
CHAPTER 6 Gendering Health Politics East and West German Healthcare Systems in Comparison, 1950–70 Donna Harsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
PART III GENDERED RESISTANCE, PROTEST, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
CHAPTER 7 Under the Habit Resistance of Catholic Sisters against East German State Authority in the 1950s Kathryn C. Julian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
CHAPTER 8 Finding Feminism Rethinking Activism in the West German New Women’s Movement of the 1970s and 1980s Sarah E. Summers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
CHAPTER 9 Redefining the Political The Gender of Activism in Grassroots Movements of the 1960s to 1980s Belinda Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
CHAPTER 10 Connected Differences Black German Feminists and Their Transnational Connections in the 1980s and 1990s Tiffany N. Florvil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
PART IV GENDER RELATIONS AND SEXUALITY
CHAPTER 11 Domestic Abuse and Women’s Lives East and West Policies during the 1960s and 1970s Jane Freeland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
CHAPTER 12 Searching for Identity 1950s Homophile Politics in West Germany and Its Roots in the Weimar Homosexual Movement Clayton J Whisnant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
CHAPTER 13 Contested Masculinities Debates about Homosexuality in the West German Bundeswehr in the 1960s and 1970s Friederike Brühöfener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
PART V THE MEDIA AND REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER
CHAPTER 14 In the Presence of the Past, in the Shadow of the “Other” Women Journalists in Postwar Germany Deborah Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
CHAPTER 15 Entangled Femininities Contested Representations of Women in the East and West German Illustrated Press of the 1950s Jennifer Lynn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
CHAPTER 16 Gendered Orientalism Representations of “the Turkish” in the West German Press of the 1970s and 1980s Brittany Lehman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	382
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 408
Keywords: Post-War German History; East-West Entanglements; Entanglements of Gender; Politics and Activisim; Entanglements of Gender and Sexuality; Gender History

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Published: April 2, 2019
ISBN: 9781789201925