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

AvAlison S. Fell

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

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This is the story of how women in France and Britain between 1915 and 1933 appropriated the cultural identity of female war veteran in order to have greater access to public life and a voice in a political climate in which women were rarely heard on the public stage. The 'veterans' covered by this history include former nurses, charity workers, secret service agents and members of resistance networks in occupied territory, as well as members of the British auxiliary corps. What unites these women is how they attempted to present themselves as 'female veterans' in order to gain social advantages and give themselves the right to speak about the war and its legacies. Alison S. Fell also considers the limits of the identity of war veteran for women, considering as an example the wartime and post-war experiences of the female industrial workers who led episodes of industrial action.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-13
Mått:230 x 150 x 10 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108444026

Utforska kategorier

Första världskriget inom Historia och arkeologi
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Alison S. Fell is Professor of French Cultural History at the University of Leeds and Director of the Leeds Humanities Research Centre. She is Co-Investigator of the Gateways to the First World War AHRC First World Public Engagement Centre. She regularly acts as a historical consultant and interviewee for television and radio, including the Woman's Hour drama The Camel Hospital and the BBC's The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire.

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'As we begin the crucial conversations on the legacy of the First World War for women a century later, Women as Veterans in Britain and France after the First World War will help lead the way. Alison S. Fell's smart and sophisticated analysis shows how and why some women's war stories could come to represent all women. Her skilful excavation of British and French women's wartime service and sacrifice and postwar self-presentations proves thoroughly captivating from start to finish.' Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: back to the front: women as veterans; 1. Women as veterans in the commemorative landscapes of interwar Britain and France; 2. The afterlives of First World War heroines; 3. 'That glorious comradeship': female veteran groups in the 1920s; 4. Writing as a veteran: women's war memoirs; 5. Women's wartime industrial action and the limits of female veteran identity; Conclusion.