The Meanings of Labor
East German Women's Work in the Transition from Nazism to Communism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9645602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth H Tobin (Bates College, corresponding author), Jennifer Gibson (0000-0001-5761-0297, Bates College) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-342 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938900011857 |
| OpenAlex | W2078976570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
In Christoph Wetzel's 1988 painting, An Everyday Story , the divided canvas proudly depicts women's accomplishments in the German Democratic Republic (Figure 1). On one side, a woman operates a large piece of heavy machinery in a rolling mill, cool and competent behind the enormous mass of metal and gears. On the other side, the same woman helps her two children prepare for school in the morning. In the act of combing her daughter's hair, she looks out directly at the viewer, her expression asking: “And what are you surprised at?” This painting, displayed as part of a 1995 exposition on art commissioned by government agencies in the GDR, graphically displays that government's ideological commitment to women's paid labor, especially in jobs that, in capitalist societies, are often thought to be inappropriate for women
Art · Art history · Communism · Democracy · German · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Nazism · Painting · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
Inside Nazi Germany
Cinderella goes to market
When biology became destiny
European Historical Statistics 1750–1970
Protecting motherhood
Wie wir das alles geschafft haben
Muttertag und Mutterkreuz
We Will Wait
Frauenarbeit im "Dritten Reich"
Familienpolitik in der DDR 1945–1980
Women in Germany, 1925–1940. Family, welfare and work
Gender and the Politics of History
Socialist emancipation
Women in Nazi Society
Zwangssterilisation im Nationalsozialismus
Politics and Change in East Germany
Women in the Two Germanies
Inside Nazi Germany
Frau im Haus und Girl im Spiegel
Women's Labor Service in Nazi Germany
Unmaking an Anthropological Myth
Wir kriegen jetzt andere Zeiten. Auf der Suche nach der Erfahrung des Volkdes in nachfaschistischen Landern
Women in Germany, 1925-1940
Equality Without Limits? Women's Work in the Socialist Society of the German Democratic Republic
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |