'This anguish, like a kind of intimate song' : resistance in women's literature of World War II /

The romanticized image of the heroic male resistance fighter in World War II belies a truth that is both darker and more personal. This literary history explores, for the first time, the reality of European women's roles in fighting Nazism. By comparing the resistance literature of French and G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westerfield, L. Leigh (Lillian Leigh), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2004.
Colección:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 74.
Temas:
1939-1945
Women authors, French > Political activity.
Women authors, German > Political activity.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
Anti-Nazi movement > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women.
Women > France > Social conditions.
Women > Germany > Social conditions.
Écrivaines françaises > Activité politique.
Écrivaines allemandes > Activité politique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature clandestine.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de résistance > France.
Antinazisme > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature et guerre.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes.
Femmes > France > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Allemagne > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Anti-Nazi movement
Underground literature
War > Underground movements
War and literature
Women
Women > Social conditions
Letterkunde.
Frans.
Duits.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Verzet.
France
Germany
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One
  • A Resistance Discourse Fashioned from War's Chaos
  • Chapter Two
  • Chipping Away at the State: German Women and Resistance
  • Chapter Three
  • A Legacy of Activism: French Women and Resistance
  • Chapter Four
  • NEIN: Ordinary Actions, Everyday Settings
  • Chapter Five
  • Conventional Women and Revolutionary Movements
  • Chapter Six
  • 'They Stood Like a Wall': Resistance As Collective Protest
  • Chapter Seven
  • The Tender Liaison Agent: Femininity As Disguise
  • Chapter Eight
  • Clandestine Activity at Home: Resistance and Relationship
  • Chapter Nine
  • Bonds of Communion: The Emotional Context of Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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