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Realities and fantasies of German female leadership : from Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Krimmer, Elisabeth, 1967- (Editor ), Simpson, Patricia Anne, 1958- (Editor ), Simpson, Patricia Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019.
Colección:Women and gender in German studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontcover; 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 Dido5: 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 Peace10: 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 Female16: Women Leaders in Troubled Times: The Leadership Styles of Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index