TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rüdiger Mueller
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 0938-2704
TI  - Sex, Love and Prostitution in Turn-of-the-Century German-Language Drama
T2  - A. Schnitzler’s "Reigen</I>, F. Wedekind’s "Die Büchse der Pandora: Eine Monstretragoedie</I>, and L. Thoma’s "Moral</I> and "Magdalena</I>
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1099048
N2  - Schnitzler’s Reigen, Wedekind’s Die Büchse der Pandora: Eine Monstretragoedie, and Thoma’s Moral and Magdalena reflect the gender inequity and interaction of their time as described in contemporary non-literary texts. The works represent a creative participation in gender discourse, taking the side of social reformers who argued for a more equitable treatment of women, including prostitutes. The discrimination endured by prostitutes, however, is simply an extreme of what all women experienced. The dramas expose male oppression of females, while simultaneously portraying what women can do in order to achieve limited independence and self-determination. Women are victims rather than victimizers, and male hypocritical attitudes cause women’s suffering.
KW  - Reigen, Geschlechterbeziehung (Motiv), Erotik (Motiv), Gender relation, Patriarchy /Woman, Schnitzler, Arthur, Patriarchy /Prostitute, Socio-historical discourse
LA  - English
ER  -