Sissi's World: The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth (Paperback)

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: "Sissi": The Convergence of Memory and Myth Maura E. Hametz (Old Dominion University, USA) and Heidi Schlipphacke (University of Illinois Chicago, USA) I. Memory 2. Encounters: Ulrike Truger, Elisabeth - Zwang - Flucht - Freiheit, 1998/99 Christiane Hertel (Bryn Mawr College, USA) 3. The Remains of the Stay: The Corporeal Archive of Empress Elisabeth in the Hofburg Beth Ann Muellner (College of Wooster, USA) 4. Sisi Redux: The Empress Elisabeth and Her Cult in Post-Communist Hungary Judith Szapor (McGill University, Canada) and Andras Lenart (National Szechenyi Library, Hungary) 5. A Place for Sissi in Trieste Maura E. Hametz (Old Dominion University, USA) and Borut Klabjan (European University Institute in Florence, Italy) 6. Empress Elisabeth and the Painting of Modern Life Olivia Gruber Florek (Delaware County Community College, USA) 7. Karl Lagerfeld and the Elisabeth Myth Carolin Maikler (Independent Scholar, Switzerland); Translated by Marieanne Gilliat-Smith 8. Sissi, the Chinese Princess: A Timely and Versatile Post-Mao Icon Fei-Hsien Wang and Ke-chin Hsia (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) II. Myth 9. Melancholy Empress: Queering Empire in Ernst Marischka's Sissi Films Heidi Schlipphacke (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 10. Sisi: A Double Reflection on a "Queer Icon" Susanne Hochreiter (University of Vienna, Austria) 11. Imagining Austria: Myths of "Sisi" and National Identity in Lilian Faschinger's Wiener Passion Anita McChesney (Texas Tech University, USA) 12. Cocteau's Queen: Sissi between Legend, Spectacle, and History in L'Aigle a deux tetes Elizabeth Black (Old Dominion University, USA) 13. Fat, Thin, Sad - Victoria, Sissi, Diana and the Fate of Wax Queens Kate Thomas (Bryn Mawr College, USA) 14. Sisi in the Museum: Exhibits in Vienna and the US Susanne Kelley (Kennesaw State University, USA) Notes on Contributors Index