Austrian women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Subtitle: cross-disciplinary perspectives
By: edited by David F. Good, Margarete Grandner, and Mary Jo Maynes.
Contributors: Good, David F.; Grandner, Margarete, 1953-; Maynes, Mary Jo.
Series: Austrian studies ;; v. 1; Austrian studies (Providence, R.I.) ;; v. 1.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Providence, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Women -- Austria -- History -- 19th century.; Women -- Austria -- History -- 20th century.
Other titles: Austrian women in the 19th and 20th centuries
Description: Austria has experienced extraordinary change and turmoil during this and the previous centuries. Nevertheless, the study of its culture and history tends to be overshadowed by that of its larger neighbors, Germany and Russia; this applies even more so to the study of Austrian women, who suffer a double marginalization within this configuration.

However, the climate is changing, and Women's Studies in particular is becoming a recognized academic field not only in its own right, but also as a constitutive part of Austrian Studies in general. This volume, the first one of its kind in English, represents an important contribution.

It brings together scholars from different disciplines who address the history of women in Austria, as well as their place in contemporary Austrian society, from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, thus shedding new light on contemporary Austria in the context of its rich and complicated history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Based on a symposium held at the University of Minnesota in April 1991.