Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1: Woman versus Women: Gender, Art, and Decadence in “Der Mensch als Weib” and Eine Ausschweifung 15
6. 2: Marriage and Science: Discourses of Domestication in Das Haus 45
7. 3: Untamed Woman: Talking about Sex and Self in Jutta 69
8. 4: Motherhood, Masochism, and Subjectivity in Ma: Ein Porträt 81
9. 5: Returning the Gaze: Uppity Women in Menschenkinder 107
10. 6: Articulating Identity: Narrative as Mastery and Self-Mastery in Fenitschka 136
11. Conclusion: Women Who Move Too Much 160
12. Works Cited 171
13. Index 179