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„entzWEIBrechende“
de: entzweibrechende = en: breaking in two /splitting apart
de: Weib = en: archaic noun for “woman,” now often seen as discriminatory or derogatory.
2024
Intervention on a found object / assisted readymade (antique/vintage papercut, framed)
What a stunning example of how social phenomena such as gender roles are accidentally reflected in language (in this case, German). EntzWEIBrechende comes from the Partizip I form of entzweibrechen — “breaking in two.” The woman splitting in two between childcare and the stove. The Weib, derogatory for “woman,” is in the main role in the word “breaking in two.”
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