ISBN:
9780226695006
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 322 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als George, Alys X. The naked truth
DDC:
128/.6
Keywords:
Human body in literature
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Human body in popular culture
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Human body History 19th century
;
Human body History 20th century
;
Human figure in art
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Modernism (Art) History 19th century
;
Modernism (Art) History 20th century
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HISTORY / General
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Wien
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Moderne
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Aktdarstellung
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Körperbild
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Translations -- Introduction -- 1. The Body on Display: Staging the Other, Shaping the Self -- 2. The Body in Pieces: Viennese Literature’s Anatomies -- 3. The Patient’s Body: Working- Class Women in the Clinic -- 4. The Body in Motion: Staging Silent Expression -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Abstract:
Viennese modernism is often described in terms of a fin-de-siècle fascination with the psyche. But this stereotype of the movement as essentially cerebral overlooks a rich cultural history of the body. The Naked Truth, an interdisciplinary tour de force, addresses this lacuna, fundamentally recasting the visual, literary, and performative cultures of Viennese modernism through an innovative focus on the corporeal. Alys X. George explores the modernist focus on the flesh by turning our attention to the second Vienna medical school, which revolutionized the field of anatomy in the 1800s. As she traces the results of this materialist influence across a broad range of cultural forms—exhibitions, literature, portraiture, dance, film, and more—George brings into dialogue a diverse group of historical protagonists, from canonical figures such as Egon Schiele, Arthur Schnitzler, Joseph Roth, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal to long-overlooked ones, including author and doctor Marie Pappenheim, journalist Else Feldmann, and dancers Grete Wiesenthal, Gertrud Bodenwieser, and Hilde Holger. She deftly blends analyses of popular and “high” culture, laying to rest the notion that Viennese modernism was an exclusively male movement. The Naked Truth uncovers the complex interplay of the physical and the aesthetic that shaped modernism and offers a striking new interpretation of this fascinating moment in the history of the West
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226695006.001.0001
DOI:
10.7208/9780226695006
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