Papers by Corinne Painter
European history quarterly, Apr 1, 2024
The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 2016
Hilary Potter, 'The (Trans)national Appeal within Babylon Berlin' , Modern Languages Open (2022),... more Hilary Potter, 'The (Trans)national Appeal within Babylon Berlin' , Modern Languages Open (2022), 1-10, examines seasons 1 and 2 of Sky Atlantic's hit tv crime series set in a re-imagined Berlin in the later days of the Weimar Republic. The article explores the reasons for the series' international success. By analysing the series with recourse to the novels on which it is based, and using a hermeneutic model of translation, it is argued that there is an invisible translation that underpins the series, meaning that ideas of the transnational are buried and reworked in constructions of the national. It is this approach that renders the series accessible across borders, playing into and profiting from the appeal of the national.
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Jan 2, 2020
The candidate confirms that the work submitted is her own and that appropriate credit has been gi... more The candidate confirms that the work submitted is her own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement
Feminist German Studies
Abstract:The role of women in the 1918 German revolution has largely been neglected in the histor... more Abstract:The role of women in the 1918 German revolution has largely been neglected in the historiography, recent commemorative events, and popular understanding of the end of World War I. One hundred years on, the revolution is seen as the cornerstone of German democracy. Leaving women out therefore excludes them from their own democratic history and distorts the historical narrative. In 2018 a new play, Women of Aktion, toured the UK and Germany, placing the forgotten female revolutionaries at center stage. It was the result of a close collaboration between academics and the theater group Bent Architect. The creation and staging of the play uncovered and performed the history of German women's resistance, and the performance itself intervened in the historiography and public narratives to resist the erasure of revolutionary women.
Bloomsbury Academic eBooks, 2022
Socialist Women and the Great War, 1914–21
Th ere was no "last battle" on the horizon, but a long succession of battles, campaigns, activiti... more Th ere was no "last battle" on the horizon, but a long succession of battles, campaigns, activities, eff orts and sacrifi ces. Th e struggle would be on many issues and on many fronts' , 1 wrote German revolutionary and journalist Mary (Maria) Saran (1897-1976) in her 1976 memoir about the slow pace of progress aft er the 1918 revolution in Germany. For her, even though the revolution had not brought on the socialist society based on true equality that she had envisioned, she had no intention of quitting the fi ght. Eighteen-year-old Vladimira Jelov š ek (1901-20), who wrote from Zagreb (the capital of modern Croatia) to Tomaj (annexed to the Kingdom of Italy aft er the First World War, today in Slovenia) to her former classmate Karmela Kosovel not long aft er the proclamation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, demonstrated a full awareness of what this struggle meant: And at the birth of freedom the whole nation will bleed. It's gruesome, but the spectre will come to us too. And maybe we too will perish in the blood and in the fl ames. But our children will lead a beautiful and sunny life. Th is is only human, revolution is passion. And it devours its own children. But we still hope for a better, far future. Many have already forfeited themselves for freedom and these sacrifi ces will not be in vain! 2
Socialist Women and the Great War, 1914–21
Th ere was no "last battle" on the horizon, but a long succession of battles, campaigns, activiti... more Th ere was no "last battle" on the horizon, but a long succession of battles, campaigns, activities, eff orts and sacrifi ces. Th e struggle would be on many issues and on many fronts' , 1 wrote German revolutionary and journalist Mary (Maria) Saran (1897-1976) in her 1976 memoir about the slow pace of progress aft er the 1918 revolution in Germany. For her, even though the revolution had not brought on the socialist society based on true equality that she had envisioned, she had no intention of quitting the fi ght. Eighteen-year-old Vladimira Jelov š ek (1901-20), who wrote from Zagreb (the capital of modern Croatia) to Tomaj (annexed to the Kingdom of Italy aft er the First World War, today in Slovenia) to her former classmate Karmela Kosovel not long aft er the proclamation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, demonstrated a full awareness of what this struggle meant: And at the birth of freedom the whole nation will bleed. It's gruesome, but the spectre will come to us too. And maybe we too will perish in the blood and in the fl ames. But our children will lead a beautiful and sunny life. Th is is only human, revolution is passion. And it devours its own children. But we still hope for a better, far future. Many have already forfeited themselves for freedom and these sacrifi ces will not be in vain! 2
Central European History, 2022
Centenary commemorations in the UK have emphasised the military aspects of the conflict - commemo... more Centenary commemorations in the UK have emphasised the military aspects of the conflict - commemoration of those who opposed the war has largely been marginalised. Where the German perspective has been included at all, it has been to reinforce stereotypes of German militarism. This project aims to challenge this and broaden public understanding of German anti- militarism, first by telling the story of the German Revolution that brought the war to an end in November 1918 and established democracy on German soil, and secondly by putting the ordinary populace, especially the women who actively opposed the war and supported the revolution, centre stage. This approach has the effect of challenging the gender of the revolution, hitherto presented almost exclusively as a masculine story due to the current focus on the military and revolutionary leaders in the majority of historical research on this subject. This dataset contains the "Painter Sharp Database", a database of the rev...
Journal of European Studies, 2021
In November 1918, revolution swept across Germany: it led to the end of the war, the abdication o... more In November 1918, revolution swept across Germany: it led to the end of the war, the abdication of the Kaiser and a new parliamentary democracy. While leading figures of the revolution, such as Ernst Toller, Rosa Luxemburg and Kurt Eisner, have been the subject of much scholarly interest, less research has been conducted into the motivations and aims of the rank and file, a group which included many women. Women played key roles as revolutionaries: by spreading the revolutionary message, working in its administration or participating in direct action on the streets. By choosing to become a revolutionary, individuals risked imprisonment or even death. For German Jewish women, who faced anti-Semitism in their daily lives, the risk was even greater. This article focuses on these forgotten female revolutionaries to uncover their roles, aims and motivations, and to contribute to a heterogeneous understanding of the revolution.
Social History, 2020
Did machine makers experience hostility from textile workers who were threatened with technologic... more Did machine makers experience hostility from textile workers who were threatened with technological displacement? Cookson says not. It is too easy, she argues, to dichotomize 'traditional' working practices and mechanical innovation. The textile trades in the English North knew frequent incremental change in this era. That usually meant that 'the status quo was a recent confection' (190), not something time-honoured. Protests were usually directed against unpopular employers, Cookson maintains, not at specific machines, although she offers evidence enough of violent machine-breaking. This is an accomplished book, written with aphoristic flair. It will be an essential point of reference for anyone interested in innovation in the Industrial Revolution.
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, 2018
Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 2015
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