"Girlkultur" : feminism, americanism, and popular entertainment in Weimar Germany

Author

Berghaus, Günter

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of design history. 1988, Num. 3-4, Vol. 1, p. 193-219, 15 ill.

ISSN

0952-4649

Abstract (en)

Describes some aspects of the Girlkultur phenomenon, particularly in the media of revue, advertisement and film, and puts these into the context of the socio-economic situation of female workers and the state of feminist consciousness in 1920s Germany. Considers why the Neue Sachlichkeit of an Americanized culture industry had such a strong appeal to the new middle classes, and outlines some major differences between Girlkultur and the ideals of femininity presented to working-class girls in the Socialist media of the period.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Germany
• Theater (genre)
• Advertising
• Films
• Germany
• 1900-2000
• Weimar Republic (Germany: 1919-1933)
• Popular culture
• Women
• Society
• Feminism
• Economics
• Representation
• Middle classes
• Working classes
• Socialism
• Neue Sachlichkeit
• Culture
• United States
• Influence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Allemagne
• Théâtre (genre)
• Publicité
• Cinéma
• Allemagne
• 1900-2000
• République de Weimar (Allemagne: 1919-1933)
• Culture populaire
• Femmes
• Société
• Féminisme
• Economie
• Représentation
• Classe moyenne
• Classe ouvrière
• Socialisme
• Neue Sachlichkeit
• Culture
• Etats-Unis
• Influence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00455690

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