French Women and the First World War - War Stories of the Home Front

Zusatztext A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War. Informationen zum Autor Margaret H. Darrow Dartmouth College Klappentext Despite acts of female heroism, popular memory, as well as official memorialization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War.French Women and the First World War examines the ways French women served their country -- from charity work, nursing and munitions manufacture to volunteering for military service and espionage. In tracing stories about war heroines, as well as villainesses like Mate Hari, this fascinating study shows what these stories reveal about French understanding of the war, them hopes and fears for the future. While the masculine war story was unitary and unchanging, the feminine story was multiple and shifting. French women's relationship to the war called into question ideas about gender, definitions of citizenship and national identity. Zusammenfassung An examination of how French women served their country during World War I - from nursing and munitions manufacture to military service and espionage. In tracing stories about war heroines and villainesses, the study shows what they reveal about the French understanding of the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Woman and War2. Women's War Imagined: 1871-19143. The Mobilization of Femininity4. War Heroines/War Victims5. White Angels of the Battlefield6. French Women in the War Economy7. "I Want To Be Militarized"8. The Enemy Was a WomanConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: M. H. Darrow, Margaret Darrow, Margaret H. Darrow
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2000
• EAN: 9781859733660
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-366-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Legacy of the Great War; The Legacy of the Great War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; France, European History, First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1910 to c 1919, Gender studies, gender groups, War and defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I