Essays from an April 1991 symposium represent disciplines including history, the social sciences, and the humanities and look at the history of women in Austria and their place in contemporary Austrian society. Contains sections on gender and politics, women and work, and female identities. Of inter

List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction Eve Nyaradi Dvorak PART I: GENDER AND POLITICS Chapter 1. The Gendered Politics of German Nationalism in Austria, 1880-1900 Pieter M. Judson Chapter 2. The Limits of Female Desire: The Contributions of Austrian Feminists to the Sexual Debate in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna Karin J. Jusek Chapter 3. Female Education in German-Speaking Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 1866-1914 James C. Albisetti Chapter 4. Women in Austrian Politics, 1890-1934: Goals and Visions Birgitta Bada-Zaar Chapter 5. Women in the Austrian Parliament: Opportunities and Barriers Gerda Neyer PART II: WOMEN AND WORK Chapter 6. The Gendering of the Service Sector in Austria at the End of the Nineteenth Century Erna Appelt Chapter 7. Women and their Work in the Labor Market and in the Household Gudrun Biffl Chapter 8. Femininity and Professionalism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Ambition in Female Academics and Managers in Austria Gertraud Diem-Wille PART III: FEMALE IDENTITIES Chapter 9. The Discourse on Female Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Austria Marie-Luise Angerer Chapter 10. Representations of the Beginning: Shaping Gender Identities in Written Life Stories of Women and Men Monika Bernold Chapter 11. War and Gender Identity: The Experience of Austrian Women, 1945-1950 Irene Bandhauer-Schöffmann and Ela Hornung The Contributors

"... the text's greatest strength [is] having compiled essays in history, political sciences, and gender studies. The diversity of the contributions is truly impressive ... a selection of very fine and engaging essays ... [it] provides a wealth of historical information increasingly needed for cultural and literary inquiries ... allows the reader to select up-to-date scholarship..., to have statistics and historical summaries available for classroom use, and to obtain important references for an in-depth examination."  · Women in German "... provides information about a group still on the margins of academic discourse to an English-speaking audience. In addition, valuable bibliographic information follows each essay."  · The German Quarterly