In 1953, Freud biographer Ernest Jones revealed that the famous
hysteric Anna O. was really Bertha Pappenheim - the prolific
author, Austro-German Jewish feminist, social activist, and
pioneering social worker. This study directs attention away from
the young woman who arguably invented the "talking cure" and back
to Pappenheim and her post-Anna O. achievements, especially her
writings, which reveal one of the most versatile, productive,
influential, and controversial Jewish thinkers and leaders of her
time.Pappenheim's oeuvre includes stories, plays, poems, prayers,
travel literature, letters, essays, and aphorisms. She translated
into German Mary Wollstone-craft's "Vindication of the Rights of
Women" as well as the "Memoirs of Gluckel von Hameln" and other
Old-Yiddish texts. She was discussed, as writer and newsmaker, in
German Jewish newspapers of every religious and political
affiliation and in German feminist publications. Pappenheim also
founded and led the Jewish Women's League of Germany and the
International Jewish Women's League. She was at the forefront of
the campaign to combat human trafficking and forced prostitution
("white slavery" or Madchanhandel) and was considered an expert on
the plight of Jews in pogrom-ridden and economically depressed
areas of Eastern Europe. In addition, Pappenheim was a pioneer in
social work with "endangered" girls, unwed mothers, refugees, and
immigrants.The first five chapters of "Let Me Continue to Speak the
Truth" explore how Pappenheim's writings and her activism engaged
with the key political, social, and cultural issues concerning
German Jews in the four decades leading to the Holocaust: the
status of the Yiddish language, Zionism, the "conversion epidemic,"
responses to the plight of Eastern European Jews, and Jewish
spirituality. Two additional chapters discuss Pappenheim's
biographers and the portrayal of Pappenheim and Anna O. in film,
fiction, opera, and sculpture.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
