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Realities and fantasies of German female leadership : from Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel
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- Summary
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A collection of essays achieving a deeper understanding of the historical roots and theoretical assumptions that inform the realities and fantasies of German female leadership.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Elisabeth Krimmer, Patricia Anne Simpson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (vi, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- ISBNs
- 9781640140653, 9781787446410, 1787445623, 1787446417, 1640140654, 9781787445628
- OCLC
- on1120691593
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Age of Enlightened Rule? -- 1: Women’s Political Authority in Maria Antonia Walpurgis von Sachsen’s Talestris: Königin der Amazonen (Thalestris: Queen of the Amazons, 1763) -- 2: Maxims of Leadership for a Silent Readership: Sophie von La Roche’s Pomona für Teutschlands Töchter and Mein Schreibetisch -- 3: Marcus Aurelius, Also for Girls: Discussions on the Best Form of Government in Enlightenment Hamburg -- 4: Dux Femina Facti: Gender, Sovereignty, and (Women’s) Literature in Marie Antonia of Saxony’s Thalestris and Charlotte von Stein’s Dido -- 5: Crossing the Front Lines: Female Leadership, Politics, and War in Die Familie Seldorf -- 6: Power Struggles between Women in Schiller’s and Jelinek’s Works -- Part II. Leadership as Social Activism around 1900 -- 7: Age and Purpose: Unmarried Women and Female Agency in the Works of E. Marlitt and Hedwig Dohm -- 8: “Heroism of the Mother”: Women’s Rights Pioneer Jeannette Schwerin, Motherlove, and Women’s Leadership in German- Speaking Central Europe, 1890–1914 -- 9: Strategic Optimism: Bertha von Suttner’s Activism for Peace -- 10: Humanizing Socialism: The Feminist Dimension of Rosa Luxemburg’s Intellectual Leadership -- Part III. Women and Political Power in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries -- 11: Follow-the-Leader: Tracing Male Influence on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph des Willens -- 12: “Leaning In”: The Career Woman as Instrument of Neoliberal Critique -- 13: Change, Persistence, and Contradiction: The Representation of Female Political Leadership in Gendered Media -- 14: Petra Kelly: A Green Leader out of Place? -- 15: “Mama Merkel” and “Mutti-Multikulti”: The Perils of Governing While Female -- 16: Women Leaders in Troubled Times: The Leadership Styles of Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton -- Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index