Marita Metz-Becker

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Marita Metz-Becker, 2010

Marita Metz-Becker is a German associate professor at the Institute for European Ethnology / Cultural Studies at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 2008 she was awarded the Philipps University's Women's Advancement Prize.

Life and work

Metz-Becker first studied education , German , sociology and European ethnology at the universities of Marburg and Gießen . In 1977 she received her diploma in education as a first graduate of her family. In 1986 she received her PhD in Dr. phil. with the dissertation "But I also had nothing in the world". On the living situation of women in a Westerwald village - a socio-cultural investigation based on narrative interviews . Her doctor's mother was Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann . Metz-Becker belongs to the first generation of female scientists to be trained by a professor. Marita Metz-Becker then led numerous exhibition projects, worked on university research projects in Marburg and Jena and devoted herself to research projects in Great Britain and Austria . In 1996 she completed her habilitation in Marburg with her habilitation thesis “The administered body. The medicalization of pregnant women in the birthing houses of the early 19th century ” , in which she traces the“ masculinization ”of obstetrics with its dramatic consequences for women. This topic also fascinated the author Kerstin Cantz , who took Metz-Becker's scientific work as the basis for her novel “The Midwife” . Your dark story about the Marburg building became a bestseller , filmed by Sat.1 under the direction of Hannu Salonen and premiered on March 25, 2014. Through her teaching and research activities, numerous publications and exhibitions, Metz-Becker earned a reputation in women and gender studies.

In addition to her professional career, Marita Metz-Becker volunteers in numerous scientific associations, such as the German Society for Folklore and the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Future Research at Philipps University. She is chairwoman of the Marburger Haus der Romantik e. V. and since 2008 scientific member of the Historical Commission for Hesse . Another of her projects is the research project on birth cultures on the change in the midwifery profession since 1960, supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Gretchen tragedies: child murderers in the 19th century . Ulrike Helmer Verlag, Sulzbach (Taunus) 2016, ISBN 978-3-8974-1383-2 .
  • (Ed. With Helga Krüger-Kirn, Ingrid Rieken): Mother images. Cultural-historical, socio-political and psychoanalytic perspectives . Psychosozial Verlag, Giessen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8379-2500-5 .
  • (Ed.): Homage to Marburg Poetic impressions through three centuries . Jonas-Verlag, Marburg, ISBN 3-8944-5493-8 .
  • (Ed.): Inspiration Marburg. Writers and their homes. A literary journey through time through 3 centuries. A catalog for the exhibition of the same name. Verlag Förderverein der Marburg Cultural Studies Research and European Ethnology e. V., Marburg 2013.
  • Women in the history of the city of Marburg. A biographical manual. (= Marburg city writings on history and culture , vol. 99). Rathaus-Verlag der Universitätsstadt Marburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-923820-99-3 .
  • Child murder and neonatalicide. Cultural perspectives on the history of infanticide . Jonas-Verlag, Marburg 2012, ISBN 3-8944-5469-5 .
  • Generations of female students - one hundred years of women's studies in Marburg . (= Marburg city writings on history and culture , vol. 96), Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 2010.
  • (Ed. With Karin Stichnothe Ambassador): Denk-Mal in Marburg. Cultural monuments of a city, an exhibition catalog on selected personal monuments in Marburg. Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 2010.
  • (Ed.): Luise Berthold. Experiences and struggles Review of a pioneer of the alma mater. Ulrike Helmer-Verlag, Königstein 2008, ISBN 3-8974-1269-1 .
  • If love were without consequences ... On the cultural history of contraception. Jonas-Verlag, Marburg 2006, ISBN 3-8944-5362-1 .
  • A hundred people - a hundred places. Marburg personalities and their memories . Wenzel-Verlag, Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-8829-3081-0 .
  • Famous women in Marburg. A journey through eight centuries. 2nd edition, Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 2004.
  • Marburg around 1800. A short cultural history on foot. N. G. Elwert Verlag, 2nd edition, Marburg 2004, ISBN 3-7708-0990-4 .
  • Marburg Romanticism around 1800. Portraits of an eventful generation. Wenzel-Verlag, 2nd edition 2005.
  • (Ed.): Rocking horse and lace-up corset childhood around 1800. Jonas-Verlag, Marburg 2002, ISBN 3-8944-5304-4 .
  • (Ed. With Stephan Schmidt): Birth postures in change. Cultural-historical perspectives and new objectives. Jonas Verlag, Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-8944-5260-9 .
  • Scholar Marburg. Historical personalities from science, politics, art and literature. Verlag Jena 1800, Jena / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-9319-1109-8 .
  • Writing women. Marburg writers of the 19th century. (= Marburg city writings on history and culture. Vol. 31), 3rd exp. Edition, Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-9238-2030-5 .
  • (Ed.): Midwifery yesterday and today. On the culture of childbirth through three centuries. Jonas Verlag, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-8944-5246-3 .
  • The managed body. The medicalization of pregnant women in the birthing houses of the early 19th century. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1997 (University of Marburg, habilitation thesis), ISBN 3-5933-5747-X .
  • Henriette Keller-Jordan. Portrait of a forgotten writer. (= Marburger Stadtschriften zur Geschichte und Kultur , Vol. 41), Rathaus-Verlag, Marburg 1992, ISBN 3-9238-2041-0 .
  • "But I had nothing in the world". On the living situation of women in a Westerwald village - a socio-cultural study based on narrative interviews. (= Marburg studies on comparative ethnosociology , vol. 14), Habelt-Verlag, Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-7749-2309-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Women's advancement award of the Philipps University of Marburg .
  2. ↑ "Marburg honors women researchers" in Frankfurter Rundschau on November 18, 2008 .
  3. ↑ "But I had nothing in the world". On the living situation of women in a Westerwald village - a sociocultural study based on narrative interviews (= Marburg studies on comparative ethnosociology , vol. 14), Habelt-Verlag, Bonn 1987 (online at Philipps-Universität) .
  4. ↑ Marita Metz-Becker and Maria Sporrer were awarded the women's advancement prize online at Philipps University, October 28, 2008 .
  5. ^ Projects on the website of Prof. Metz-Becker ( Memento from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Kerstin Crantz on Wikipedia .
  7. ^ Website Prof. Metz-Becker ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  8. ^ Marburg House of Romanticism e. V. is Initiative of the Month June 2016 Information portal Hessen, August 16, 2016 .
  9. ^ Member of scientific associations on metz-becker.de ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  10. ↑ On marburg.de of November 12, 2004 .
  11. ↑ Marcus Richter: History and women are your themes. In: Oberhessische Presse from June 16, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Metz-Becker, Marita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century