Schneider, Jeffrey
Anger, Laughter and Love: Emotional Tension, Television Hosts and White National Manhood
Anger, Laughter and Love: Emotional Tension, Television Hosts and White National Manhood
Duelling and the Fantasmatic Spectre of Male Honour in Imperial Germany: The Kaiser’s Will and Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest
Underneath the historiographical disagreements about military honor and dueling in Imperial Germany there lurks a consensus that most duelists simply internalized the dictates of honor. This article troubles that presumption by attending to the Prussian-German military honor code’s mixed messages...
Shades of Subversion: How Sadomasochism can be read as Feminist
Shades of Subversion: How Sadomasochism can be read as Feminist
The Captain of Köpenick and the Uniform Fantasies of German Militarism
This article examines a famous 1906 event that occurred when a con man dressed in a captain's uniform commandeered two small contingents of soldiers in Berlin and took them to nearby Köpenick, where he proceeded to arrest the city’s mayor...
The Emperor’s New Uniforms: The Uniform Fantasies of Wilhelm II and His Critics
In light of Wilhelm II’s well-known predilection for military uniforms and displays, many of his contemporaries regarded him as a real-life version of the titular figure in Hans Christian Andersen’s fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” This essay uses the concept...