ISBN:
1487550278
,
9781487550271
,
148755026X
,
9781487550264
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 238 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
German and European studies 52
Series Statement:
German and European studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ruble, Alexandria N. Entangled emancipation
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ruble, Alexandria N. Entangled emancipation
DDC:
305.42094309/045
Keywords:
1900-1999
;
Women's rights History 20th century
;
Domestic relations History 20th century
;
Equality History 20th century
;
Femmes - Droits - Allemagne - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Familles - Droit - Allemagne - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Égalité des sexes - Allemagne - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Domestic relations
;
Equality
;
Women's rights
;
History
;
Germany
Abstract:
"In 1900, German legislators passed the Civil Code, a controversial law that designated women as second-class citizens in marriage, parental rights, and marital property. Despite the upheavals in early twentieth-century Germany--the fall of the German Empire after the First World War, the tumultuous Weimar Republic, and the destructive Third Reich--the Civil Code remained the law of the land. After Nazi Germany’s defeat in 1945 and the founding of East and West Germany, legislators in both states finally replaced the old law with new versions that expanded women’s rights in marriage and the family. Entangled Emancipation reveals how the complex relationship between the divided Germanys in the early Cold War catalysed but sometimes blocked efforts to reshape legal understandings of gender and the family after decades of inequality. Using methods drawn from gender history and discourse analysis, the book restores the history of the women’s movements in East and West Germany. Entangled Emancipation ultimately explores the parallel processes through which East and West Germany reimagined, negotiated, and created new civil laws governing women’s rights after the Second World War."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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