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Warrior Women

The Cultural Politics of Armed Women, c.1850–1945

By: Alison S. Fell

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Warrior Women

The Cultural Politics of Armed Women, c.1850–1945

By: Alison S. Fell

This Element examines women warriors as vehicles of mobilisation. It argues that women warrior figures from the mid-nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War are best understood as examples of 'palimpsestic memory', as the way they were represented reflected new contexts while retaining traces of legendary models such as Joan of Arc, and of 'travelling memory', as their stories crossed geographical borders and were re-told and re-imagined. It considers both the instrumentalisation of women warriors by state actors to mobilise populations in the world wars, and by non-state actors in resistance, anti-colonial and feminist movements. Fell's analysis of a broad range of global conflicts helps us to understand who these actors were, what motivated them, and what meanings armed women embodied for them, enabling a fresh understanding of the woman warrior as an archetype in modern warfare.

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149

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Cambridge University Press

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1009080318

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9781009080316

Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War

By: Alison S. Fell

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Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War

By: Alison S. Fell

The legacies service in the First World War had on women's lives and the privileges it afforded some of them.

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237

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Cambridge University Press

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1108425763

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9781108425766

Liberty, Equality, Maternity

By: Alison Fell

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Liberty, Equality, Maternity

By: Alison Fell

The concept of motherhood emerges strongly in the writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Violette Leduc and Annie Ernaux, whose work is examined here in the light of current debates about women's reproductive function and the longstanding glorification of the mere au foyer in France, driven by fear of a falling population. In this interdisciplinary study of twentieth-century French women's writing, Fell uncovers tensions at the heart of the literary critique. She shows these authors challenging the patriarchal view of motherhood as the sole justification for a woman's existence while at the same time confronting the conflict inherent in their relationship with their own mothers. A survey of theoretical and historical material demonstrates vividly that the changing concept of motherhood remains a problematic and highly contentious issue for French feminists, whether writing in 1940 or 1999.

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272

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Routledge

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1351197614

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9781351197618

Femmes Face À la Guerre

By: Alison S. Fell

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Femmes Face À la Guerre

By: Alison S. Fell

Historical and literary scholars have become increasingly interested in women's roles in and approaches to war. In times of conflict, French and francophone women have made crucial contributions in aid of the patrie, but wars have also set women against the governing powers, frequently forcing them to choose between their concerns as women, and the economic and social demands of their belligerent nations. This volume, the proceedings of the 9th UK Women in French conference entitled 'Les femmes et la guerre', brings together scholars from different academic disciplines - history, sociology, politics, literary criticism and gender studies - who explore the impact of war upon women in French and francophone societies. Les critiques littéraires et les historiens s'intéressent de plus en plus aux rôles des femmes pendant les périodes de guerre. Les femmes françaises et francophones ont, par leurs actions cruciales, aidé la patrie en temps de guerre ; cependant, les conflits ont également opposé les femmes à leur gouvernement, en les obligeant souvent à choisir entre leurs intérêts en tant que femmes et les exigences économiques et sociales de leur pays belligérant. Ce volume, reproduisant les actes du 9e colloque britannique organisé par « Women in French », intitulé « Les femmes et la guerre », rassemble des spécialistes de diverses disciplines - histoire, sociologie, sciences politiques, critique littéraire et études de genre - pour analyser les effets de la guerre sur les femmes en France et dans les pays francophones.

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Peter Lang

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3039113321

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9783039113323

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Warrior Women

Warrior Women

Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War

Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War

Liberty, Equality, Maternity

Liberty, Equality, Maternity

Femmes Face À la Guerre

Femmes Face À la Guerre

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