Austrian Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives (Austrian and Habsburg Studies, 1) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157181065X ISBN 13: 9781571810656

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 1996

Synopsis

This volume, the first of its kind in English, brings together scholars from different disciplines who address the history of women in Austria, as well as their place in contemporary Austrian society, from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, thus shedding new light on contemporary Austria and in the context of its rich and complicated history.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Austria has experienced extraordinary change and turmoil during this and the previous centuries. Nevertheless, the study of its culture and history tends to be overshadowed by that of its larger neighbors, Germany and Russia; this applies even more so to the study of Austrian women, who suffer a double marginalization within this configuration. However, the climate is changing, and Women's Studies in particular is becoming a recognized academic field not only in its own right, but also as a constitutive part of Austrian Studies in general. This volume, the first one of its kind in English, represents an important contribution. It brings together scholars from different disciplines who address the history of women in Austria, as well as their place in contemporary Austrian society, from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, thus shedding new light on contemporary Austria in the context of its rich and complicated history.

About the Author:

Margarete Grandner teaches at the Institute for History, University of Vienna.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 157181065X
• ISBN 13: 9781571810656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Good David F., Grandner Margarete, Maynes Mary Jo