This master's thesis Sexuality and Power around 1900: Exemplary Studies on the Dream Story, Lulu and Josefine Mutzenbacher offers an insight into the period around 1900, focusing on the characterisation of the Viennese bourgeoisie, cultural developments and scientific findings in the fields of psychoanalysis, medicine, philosophy and sociology. It deals with gender relations and misogynist theories of the female sex, while the question of power is also very important, especially as seen through the eyes of Michel Foucault. The central issues concern gender relations and the power relations between the sexes, as well as the field of sexuality and eroticism. Three works were included in the analysis: Earth Spirit/Pandora’s Box by Frank Wedekind, Josefine Mutzenbacher (author unknown) and Arthur Schnitzler's Dream Story.
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