Images of society: Identifying the ‘working girl’ as coding the public sphere
The Weimar Society’s imaginary seemed concerned with the street as the exterior, backdrop, and screen for its projections and reflections on itself. Whoever appeared in the street scene as a pedestrian became a representation of society. In the 1920s, one met veterans, workers, military personnel, p...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | The Weimar Society’s imaginary seemed concerned with the street as the exterior, backdrop, and screen for its projections and reflections on itself. Whoever appeared in the street scene as a pedestrian became a representation of society. In the 1920s, one met veterans, workers, military personnel, prostitutes, the unemployed, and the masses in the street. Around 1930, however, young female employees, the “working girls,” became an urban phenomenon and suddenly seemed to crowd the public sphere. This essay seeks to shed light on the changes in representations of the street scene that took place when working girls were added to it. Although the urban street around 1930 was a chaotic space, working girls appeared as an icon that affirms modernity without necessarily breaking with the past. This may have changed our perception of the public sphere. |
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