{"product_id":"sissis-world-the-empress-elisabeth-in-memory-and-myth-paperback","title":"Sissi's World: The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaura E. Hametz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eImke Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHeidi Schlipphacke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSissi's World\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSissi's World\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaura E. Hametz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Her research explores the history of Trieste and the northeastern Adriatic regions since the late 19th century with emphasis on the intersections of politics, culture, economy, law, religion, gender, and ethnicity and nationalism. Her major works include \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eMaking Trieste Italian, 1918-1954\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and she co-edited \u003ci\u003eJewish Intellectual Women in Central Europe, 1860-2000 \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Schlipphacke \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Her research focuses on the German Enlightenment and its critique, kinship and family structures, post-war German and Austrian literature and film, and queer and gender studies. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNostalgia After Nazism: History, Home and Affect in German and Austrian Literature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105213223047,"sku":"9781501361685","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/472c84410caad60aac988a13ea194057.webp?v=1732432192","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sissis-world-the-empress-elisabeth-in-memory-and-myth-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}