Visions of the Neue Frau: Women and the Visual Arts in Weimar Germany

Marion F. Deshmukh, Marsha Meskimmon, Shearer West

German Studies Review · 1996 · 30 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The emergence of the Neue Frau (New Woman) in Germany after the first World War was symptomatic of the social, political, economic, and cultural upheavals of the Weimar Republic; new opportunities for women were pitted against entrenched traditional gender roles. Nine contributions representing a wi