Pepchinski Feminist Space

Exhibitions and Discourses between Philadelphia and Berlin 1865-1912
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-95899-335-8
Verlag: VDG Weimar - Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 251 Seiten

Feminist Space: Exhibitions and Discourses between Philadelphia and Berlin, 1865-1912 investigates the relationship between gender and the production of public space, namely the exhibitions of feminine bourgeois culture that were created in Berlin between 1865 and 1912. This book demonstrates that these exhibitions gave expression to evolving bourgeois feminist discourses that proposed an expanded public sphere, containing separate and equal, masculine and feminine qualities. In addition, these feminine exhibitions were enriched by contact with and participation in the Woman's Buildings constructed at the 1876 (Philadelphia) and 1893 (Chicago) American world exhibitions, as well as the ideals of the German applied arts movement. As the exhibitions of feminine bourgeois culture were hugely popular and financially successful events, they attracted attention and stimulated discourse and debate. This book proposes that German bourgeois feminists created unique public spaces, which can be seen as contributing to the seminal architectural culture, which emerged in Germany prior to 1914.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pepchinski, Mary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Titel;5
3;Imprint;6
4;Contents;7
5;Acknowledgments;11
6;Introduction;13
7;A note to the text;19
8;Chapter 1: Raum und Freiheit (Space and Freedom): Bazaars, Exhibitions and the German Bourgeois Women’s Movement, 1840–1912;23
8.1;Introduction: Positioning Women in the Public Sphere;25
8.2;“The creation of industrial exhibitions for testaments of feminine work”;27
8.3;Women’s Organizations in the German States and their Bazaars;30
8.4;Die Modenwelt Wettbewerb (The Fashion World Competition) (Berlin 1866);33
8.5;Frauen-Industrieausstellung (Women’s Industry Exhibition) (Berlin 1868);35
8.6;“A little palliative means for women’s want of work”;38
8.7;“Serious-minded men of art and science have initiated them”: Exhibitions of ‘weibliche Handarbeit’ ;38
8.8;“Something different from the ordinary, monotonous line of pincushions, antimacassars and tennis aprons”: The Charity Bazaar;40
8.9;Summary;45
9;Chapter 2: “… what it promises, initiates and promotes for the future”: German Women and the American Woman’s Buildings of 1876 and 1893;57
9.1;American women and the 19th century public sphere;59
9.2;The Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia 1876 and the Woman’s Building;61
9.3;Germany, Gender and the 1876 Woman’s Building;64
9.4;Between Philadelphia and Chicago;67
9.5;The World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 and the Woman’s Building;68
9.6;German Women and the 1893 Woman’s Building;70
9.7;Summary;79
10;Chapter 3: Eigenart (feminine character), the Applied Arts Movement and the Exhibition in Berlin, 1892–1910;95
10.1;The Americanization of German Women’s Culture;97
10.2;An Excursus: Gender, the Applied Arts Movement and Architectural Culture;101
10.3;Applied Arts Exhibitions sponsored by the ‘Deutscher Lyceum-Club’, 1905–1910;105
10.4;Applied Arts Exhibition by the London Lyceum Club (1905);110
10.5;A modern female applied artist: Else Oppler-Legband’s Exhibition (1906) ;111
10.6;‘Weihnachtsausstellungen’ (Christmas Exhibitions) at the ‘Deutscher Lyceum-Club’ (1905–1910);112
10.7;‘Angewandte Kunst’ (Applied Art) (1908);114
10.8;“That special women’s exhibitions have become superfluous”;117
10.9;Summary;118
11;Chapter 4: Weibliche Kultureinfluß (feminine cultural influence): Exhibitions of Home Labor, Feminine Fashion and Folk Arts in Berlin, 1906–1909;139
11.1;Weibliche Kultureinfluß;141
11.2;‘Heimarbeit Ausstellung’ (Exhibition of Home Labor) Berlin, (1906);142
11.3;‘Die Dame in Kunst und Mode’ (The Lady in Art and Fashion) (1909);145
11.4;‘Internationale Volkskunst Ausstellung’ (International Folk Arts Exhibition) (1909);151
11.5;Summary;156
12;Chapter 5: “The opponents will be our benefactors”: ‘Die Frau in Haus und Beruf’ (The Woman in the Home and in her Profession), Berlin 1912;169
12.1;Anti-Feminism and Bourgeois Women’s Culture, circa 1912;171
12.2;‘Die Frau in Haus und Beruf’;172
12.3;The American Model?;174
12.4;Publicity and Consumption ;176
12.5;Planning;177
12.6;Entry;179
12.7;Hall 1;179
12.8;Hall 2;181
12.9;Hall 2, Gallery;182
12.10;Hall 1, Gallery;183
12.11;Opening Day;184
12.12;Women’s Culture redux?;185
12.13;Reception;188
12.14;Summary;192
13;Chapter 6: Feminist Space;217
13.1;Intentions;219
13.2;Producing Public Spaces;220
13.3;Gendering Space;221
13.4;American Models?;222
13.5;Bourgeois Feminism and German Architectural Culture: Impact and Inflections ;224
13.6;Gendered Spaces: Public Spaces and Public Spheres;226
13.7;Feminism, Bourgeois Culture and Feminist Public Space: Marginalization or Dominance?;226
14;Bibliography;229
14.1;Archives and Collections;230
14.2;Lexica and Dictionaries;230
14.3;Primary and Secondary Literature;231
14.4;Photographic./.Image Credits;253