ISBN:
9781805392866
Language:
English
Pages:
145 Seiten
Edition:
English language edition
Year of publication:
2024
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the history of German Jews volume 1
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the history of German Jews
Uniform Title:
Geschlecht und Differenz
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
943/.004924
Keywords:
Jews / Germany / History / 19th century
;
Jews / Germany / History / 20th century
;
Sex role / Germany / History / 19th century
;
Sex role / Germany / History / 20th century
;
Sex role / Religious aspects / Judaism
Abstract:
"This concise overview traces the Gender history of German-Jews from the early modern period to the present day and provides a unique perspective on both men and women as historical actors in the German lands. By adopting new perspectives on the German-Jewish experience, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum introduces and examines gender narratives and opportunities across a wide range of individual circumstances and during times of discrimination, persecution and deportation. While being directed against all Jews the effects of Nazi policy had remarkably different results, depending on gender, class, marital status, age and religious affiliation. The picture that emerges here of German Jewry in modern times is consequently more vibrant and nuanced"--
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