The life and work of Gretel Karplus/Adorno: Her contributions to Frankfurt School theory.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hobbs, Catherine, | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Von Boeckmann, Staci Lynn. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-16T12:19:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-16T12:19:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation uses the insights of contemporary rhetorical theory and feminist biography to acknowledge the contributions of Gretel Karplus/Adorno to the productivity of her husband, Theodor W. Adorno, of her dear friend, Walter Benjamin, and of the Institute of Social Research. The Introduction presents a review of the challenges confronting such a feminist project, which range from logistical concerns such as the availability of material to issues of prejudice and stereotyping involved with research on "wives." It argues for a rhetorical view of invention that allows for the recognition of women's productivity at the margins of male production. Chapter 1 examines the changes introduced to traditional approaches to the writing of biography by recent feminist scholarship on the writing of women's lives; in particular, the works of Linda Wagner-Martin, Carolyn Heilbron, Phyllis Rose and Mary Catherine Bateson are discussed. Chapter 2 narrates the early life history of Gretel Karplus/Adorno from her birth up to the time of her marriage to Theodor W. Adorno. Chapter 3 is devoted to a discussion of her seven-year correspondence with Walter Benjamin and the various roles she assumed in his life from his entry into exile in March 1933 to his death in 1940. Chapter 4 continues her life narrative with her arrival in the United States in 1938 until her death in 1993. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | viii, 168 leaves ; | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11244/791 | |
| dc.note | Adviser: Catherine Hobbs. | en_US |
| dc.note | Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-09, Section: A, page: 3369. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Language, Rhetoric and Composition. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women's Studies. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biography. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Frankfurt school of sociology. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adorno, Gretel. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 Family. | en_US |
| dc.thesis.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Department of English | en_US |
| dc.title | The life and work of Gretel Karplus/Adorno: Her contributions to Frankfurt School theory. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| ou.group | College of Arts and Sciences::Department of English | |
| ou.identifier | (UMI)AAI3147180 | en_US |
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