Gender and War in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

Book Overview

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 experience and its representations. While historians have long equated the fighting front with the masculine and the home front with the feminine, the contributors challenge these dichotomies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253218446
• ISBN13: 9780253218445
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"