Modernizing Tradition : Gender and Consumerism in Interwar France and Germany /

In the turbulent decades after World War I, both France and Germany sought to return to an idealized, prewar past. Many people believed they could recapture a sense of order and stability by reinstituting traditional gender roles, which the war had thrown off balance. While French and German women n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanley, Adam C., 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women.
Consumption (Economics) > Sex differences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Femmes > France > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Women > Germany > History > 20th century.
Women > France > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Sex differences > Germany > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Sex differences > France > History > 20th century.
Germany.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the turbulent decades after World War I, both France and Germany sought to return to an idealized, prewar past. Many people believed they could recapture a sense of order and stability by reinstituting traditional gender roles, which the war had thrown off balance. While French and German women necessarily filled men's roles in factories and other jobs during the war, those who continued to lead active working lives after World War I risked being called "modern women." Far from a compliment, this derogatory label encompassed everything society found threatening about women's new p.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807134894

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