Schwesterfiguren

Contributions by Stefani Engelstein Contributions by Therese Garstenauer Contributions by Jutta Hergenhan Contributions by Almut Höfert Contributions by Kristina Pia Hofer Contributions by Michaela Hohkamp Contributions by Anna Kaminsky Contributions by Ulrike Krampl Contributions by Sebastian Kühn Contributions by Margareth Lanzinger Contributions by Jordan Ross Lavers Contributions by Sonja Niederacher Contributions by Claudia Opitz-Belakhal Contributions by Kerstin Palm Contributions by Luisa Passerini Contributions by Xenia von Tippelskirch Contributions by Claudia Ulbrich Contributions by Friederike Willasch Contributions by Hyunah Yang Edited by Almut Höfert Edited by Michaela Hohkamp Edited by Claudia Ulbrich

Book cover: Schwesterfiguren

Extent: 168 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Gender & Sexuality, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, & Psychotherapy

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(October 2017)

ISBN: 9783847107132

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $32.00

Out of stock

Die Beitrage umfassen rechts-, wissens- und emotionengeschichtliche Perspektiven. Sie fragen nach der Position von Schwestern im Transfergeschehen von Herrschaft und Besitz, nach ihrer Funktion fur rassistisch strukturierte Gesellschaftsordnungen und moderne Epistemologien sowie nach der Rolle von Emotionen fur schwesterliche Konkurrenz in familiaren Rangordnungen. Damit wird zugleich ein Verstandnis von Schwesterlichkeit hinterfragt, das Rivalitaten und Machtverhaltnisse ausblendet und nur wenig dazu beitragt, Vorstellungen von einer binaren Geschlechterordnung zu unterlaufen, der die Idee der linearen Verwandtschaft (Vater-Mutter-Kind-Ketten) zugrunde liegt.


This issue takes the family “figure” of the sister as its starting point for the analysis of social practices and transformation processes between the 15th and 20th Century. Its articles feature perspectives from legal, emotional and knowledge frameworks. They question the position of sisters during the transfer events of domination and ownership, their function within racially structured social orders and modern epistemologies, thereby addressing the role that emotions play for sisterly rivalry within familial rankings. At the same time, the issue investigates an understanding of sisterliness which blocks out rivalries and power relations and only minimally undermines the notions of a binary gender order based upon the linear relationship concept (father-mother-child chains).

  • Contributions by Stefani Engelstein
  • Contributions by Therese Garstenauer
  • Contributions by Jutta Hergenhan
  • Contributions by Almut Höfert
  • Contributions by Kristina Pia Hofer
  • Contributions by Michaela Hohkamp
  • Contributions by Anna Kaminsky
  • Contributions by Ulrike Krampl
  • Contributions by Sebastian Kühn
  • Contributions by Margareth Lanzinger
  • Contributions by Jordan Ross Lavers
  • Contributions by Sonja Niederacher
  • Contributions by Claudia Opitz-Belakhal
  • Contributions by Kerstin Palm
  • Contributions by Luisa Passerini
  • Contributions by Xenia von Tippelskirch
  • Contributions by Claudia Ulbrich
  • Contributions by Friederike Willasch
  • Contributions by Hyunah Yang
  • Edited by Almut Höfert
  • Edited by Michaela Hohkamp
  • Edited by Claudia Ulbrich