Gender Relations In German History
Author: Lynn Abrams
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-24
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1000159213
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays examines the construction of gender norms in early modern and modern Germany.; The modes of reinforcement by the state, the church, the law and marriage, and the resistance to these norms by individuals, are central to each of the contributions.; It examines discourses of the body and sexuality and the relations between gender and power. Similarly, the usefulness of the "public/private paradigm" familiar to gender historians is further challenged.