Reign of Virtue - Mobilizing Gender in Vichy France

In REIGN OF VIRTUE, drawing on governmental archives, historical texts, and propaganda, Miranda Pollard explores the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France. 19 photos.

Summary

Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order.

Product details

• Authors: Miranda Pollard, Pollard Miranda
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780226673509
• ISBN: 978-0-226-67350-9
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Women in Culture & Society (Pa; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Second World War, Feminism & feminist theory, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Feminism and feminist theory, Modern warfare, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General