Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
Marlene Dietrich
1media/exhdi8-wr_thumb.jpg2020-09-23T14:13:41-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942377844A still of Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco" (1930). SOURCE: Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco", Eugene Robert Richee, 1930. Marlene Dietrich Collection, Berlin. Sourced from Smithsonian Magazine.plain2020-09-23T15:15:22-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942
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12020-09-23T14:16:07-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942Marlene Dietrich and the Weimar Republic’s Influence:Annie Zheng5plain2020-09-23T15:09:24-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942
12020-09-21T18:33:31-07:001930s: Marlene Dietrich's Androgyny12plain2020-09-23T15:08:40-07:00 To set the scene for society in Marlene Dietrich’s time, gender expression in the late 1920s and early 1930s was heavily restricted; in the nineteenth century, in response to the drag festivities of All Fool’s Night and to appease the pressures of the conservative, religious Right, legislation had been enforced to prohibit people from dressing in clothes that were not typical for their gender (Faderman & Timmons, 16.). Although these laws were primarily enforced on men, women still needed to be careful as they were not safe from public scrutiny, celebrities included.
Prior to Dietrich, the American public viewed women wearing trousers as a departure from femininity to masculinity, which was highly disapproved of. For a few years before the Red Scare and the descent back into suspicion and fear of any person who dared to defy social norms, Dietrich successfully brought her defiant spirit and fearless values to America in the form of her masculine fashion and her provocative performances. She was truly a groundbreaking icon that always challenged the ways of living that had been established for centuries, paving the way for future queer and androgynous icons.
