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Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator?

Abigail Dunn

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  • 248 sidor
  • 2013
Was ist eine Witwe mehr als ein aufgewrmtes Essen? According to politician and statesman Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741-1796), widows were superfluous beings and second-hand goods, but they were also perceived by theologians and moralists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a threat due to their sexual experience and supposedly ungovernable lust. This book analyses the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the widow in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German fiction. Male writers in the works discussed repeat the theory that, once deprived of their husbands, widows become sexually voracious. Indeed, the widow is often presented as a dangerous sexual predator who is prone to violence. Female authors, however, highlight the invisibility of the widow and portray her as a figure alienated from society and her family because she has internalized the ideas propounded by Hippel. The widow is depicted throughout as a figure to be at best re-educated and at worst to be feared and guarded against.
  • Författare: Abigail Dunn
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9783034307765
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 248
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-07-18
  • Förlag: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften