How Long to Read Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800

How Long Does it Take to Read Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800 by Karin A. Wurst

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Examines a variety of texts from late Enlightenment Germany to provide a nuanced rethinking of women's roles as wives, mothers, and housekeepers, creators of the cultural spaces of the home. Domesticity, a set of practices, emotions, and values culminating in a nourishing emotional and physical ambience - the "feel" of being at home and belonging - connects one's subjective experience to the material environment. In late Enlightenment Germany, writers from Joachim Heinrich Campe and Theodor von Hippel to Sophie La Roche imagined the home as a space where true "humanity" would be realized. The high-stakes cultural formation of domesticity was part of a complex discourse on the pursuit of happiness as a life well lived. As domesticity became a surrogate for the lost religious certainties of the vanishing pre-modern world, an obsessive anxiety concerning its delineation in discourse suggested its importance but also its fragility and the consequences of its failure. Karin A. Wurst examines didactic novels by female authors, autobiographical texts, popular philosophy, advice literature, periodicals, pedagogical tracts, and household manuals in pursuit of a nuanced rethinking of the relationship between women's roles as wives, mothers, and housekeepers and as creators of the cultural spaces of the home. She finds that the high-value imaginary of domesticity encouraged women's agency insofar as they were tasked with turning theoretical ideals into everyday practice. At the same time, her book shows the under-illuminated contribution of women's work to social and political change from within the patriarchal structures of eighteenth-century Germany.

How long is Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800?

Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800 by Karin A. Wurst is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800 aloud.

What Reading Level is Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800?

Imaginaries of Domesticity and Women's Work in Germany Around 1800 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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