Sissi's world : the Empress Elisabeth in memory and myth
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Sissi's world : the Empress Elisabeth in memory and myth
（New directions in German studies, v. 22）
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Sissi's World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European cultural history.
Sissi's World explores the cultural foundations for the endurance of the Sissi legends and the continuing fascination with the beautiful empress: a Bavarian duchess born in 1837, the longest-serving Austrian empress, and the queen of Hungary who died in 1898 at the hands of a crazed anarchist.
Despite the continuing fascination with "the beloved Sissi," the Habsburg empress, her impact, and legacy have received scant attention from scholars. This collection will go beyond the popular biographical accounts, recountings of her mythic beauty, and scattered studies of her well-known eccentricities to offer transdisciplinary cultural perspectives across art, film, fashion, history, literature, and media.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: "Sissi": The Convergence of Memory and Myth Maura E. Hametz (Old Dominion University, USA) and Heidi Schlipphacke (University of Illinois Chicago, USA) I. Memory 2. Encounters: Ulrike Truger, Elisabeth - Zwang - Flucht - Freiheit, 1998/99 Christiane Hertel (Bryn Mawr College, USA) 3. The Remains of the Stay: The Corporeal Archive of Empress Elisabeth in the Hofburg Beth Ann Muellner (College of Wooster, USA) 4. Sisi Redux: The Empress Elisabeth and Her Cult in Post-Communist Hungary Judith Szapor (McGill University, Canada) and Andras Lenart (National Szechenyi Library, Hungary) 5. A Place for Sissi in Trieste Maura E. Hametz (Old Dominion University, USA) and Borut Klabjan (European University Institute in Florence, Italy) 6. Empress Elisabeth and the Painting of Modern Life Olivia Gruber Florek (Delaware County Community College, USA) 7. Karl Lagerfeld and the Elisabeth Myth Carolin Maikler (Independent Scholar, Switzerland)
- Translated by Marieanne Gilliat-Smith 8. Sissi, the Chinese Princess: A Timely and Versatile Post-Mao Icon Fei-Hsien Wang and Ke-chin Hsia (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) II. Myth 9. Melancholy Empress: Queering Empire in Ernst Marischka's Sissi Films Heidi Schlipphacke (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 10. Sisi: A Double Reflection on a "Queer Icon" Susanne Hochreiter (University of Vienna, Austria) 11. Imagining Austria: Myths of "Sisi" and National Identity in Lilian Faschinger's Wiener Passion Anita McChesney (Texas Tech University, USA) 12. Cocteau's Queen: Sissi between Legend, Spectacle, and History in L'Aigle a deux tetes Elizabeth Black (Old Dominion University, USA) 13. Fat, Thin, Sad - Victoria, Sissi, Diana and the Fate of Wax Queens Kate Thomas (Bryn Mawr College, USA) 14. Sisi in the Museum: Exhibits in Vienna and the US Susanne Kelley (Kennesaw State University, USA) Notes on Contributors Index
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