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Gender and war in twentieth-century Eastern Europe /
This volume explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in eastern Europe during World Wars I and II. By using gender as a category of analysis, the authors seek to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the subjective nature of wartime experiences and representations. While...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in eastern Europe during World Wars I and II. By using gender as a category of analysis, the authors seek to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the subjective nature of wartime experiences and representations. While historians have long equated the fighting front with the masculine and the home front with the feminine, the contributors challenge these dichotomies, demonstrating that they are based on culturally embedded assumptions about heroism and sacrifice. Major themes include the ways in which wartime ex. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253111937 0253111935 1282072803 9781282072800 |