Sweeping the German Nation : Domesticity and National Identity in Germany, 1870-1945
Nancy. Reagin
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (263 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Habitus of Domesticity; 2 Domesticity and German National Character; 3 The Politicization of Housework; 4 Domesticity and Volksgemeinschaft; 5 The Autarkic Household and the Nazi Four-Year Plan; 6 Domesticity and "Germanization" in Occupied Poland; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. - German housekeepers have an international reputation characterized by thrift, order, and extreme cleanliness. But where did this stereotype come from? This book explores how Germans defined and developed a particular style of domesticity in the late nineteenth century, and how it became crucial to German national identity.
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| ISBN | 0521841135. - 9780521841139
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