Women and Socialism - Socialism and Women

Europe Between the World Wars

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Until recently, histories of women tended to be segregated from the larger historical context. This pioneering volume places the role of women within the history of the interwar years, whenboth the women's and socialist movements became prominent, and raises the key question of how power was distributed between the genders in a historical setting. The emblematic title of this volume highlights the fundamental conception of this comparative study of eleven West European countries: that in the interwar decades two great movements gained in strength, converged, diverged, competed, and cooperated. Each of these movements is viewed as acomplex matrix of organized and unorganized participants. However, by far the most provocative questions deal with gender relations. Central to these are definitions of femininity and masculinity in terms of mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion at the workplace, in the home, and in the political arena. The mystique of the "new woman" in the 1920s and the 1930s challenged traditional notions of gender identity and relations, not the least of which was the redefinition of the role of men. The main issue addressed in this volume is not how male socialists "dealt with" the woman question or how women functioned in or outside left-wingparties; it rather centers on illustrating the power distribution between the sexes in specific political and cultural contexts. This rigorously focused and coherent volume, to which some of the best-known scholars in the field have contributed, will no doubt establish itself as the standard reference work for years to come.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-04-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 38 mm
Vikt:694 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:450
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781571811523

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Helmut Gruber is Charles S. Baylis Professor of History emeritus, Polytechnic University, New York, and co-editor of International Labor & Working-Class History.

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"Packs in all you wanted to know about the left and women during this fraught period." · American Historical Review"This important collection ... provides a great deal of empirical information as well as interesting theoretical reflections. The breadth of the studies is impressive." · Central European History

Innehållsförteckning

List of Photo EssaysList of AcronymsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHelmut Gruber & Pamela Graves1914: Great Feminist ExpectationsMichelle PerrotPART I: SOCIAL EXPERIMENTSIntroductionAtina GrossmannChapter 1. "The “New Woman”: Realities and Illusions of Gender Equality in Red ViennaHelmut GruberChapter 2. Modernization as Challenge: Perceptions and Reactions of German Social Democratic WomenAdelheid von SaldernChapter 3. German Communism and New Women: Dilemmas and ContradictionsAtina GrossmannPART II: GRASSROOTS INITIATIVESIntroductionPamela GravesChapter 4. An Experiment in Women-Centered Socialism: Labour Women in BritainPamela Graves Chapter 5. Gender and Democratic Socialism in the NetherlandsUlla JanszChapter 6. Bread and Roses: Pragmatic Women in the Belgium Workers’ PartyDenise De WeerdtPART III: POLITICAL FRACTURESIntroductionMary GibsonChapter 7. French Women in the Crossfire of Class, Sex, Maternity and CitizenshipHelmut Gruber Chapter 8. The French Communist Party and Women 1920-1939: From “Feminism” to FamilialismChristine Bard & Jean-Louis RobertChapter 9. "Ideals of Redemption”: Socialism and Women on the Left in SpainMary Nash Chapter 10. Women and the Left in the Shadow of Fascism in Interwar ItalyMary GibsonPART IV: PRELUDE TO WELFARE STATES IntroductionIda Blom Chapter 11. Social Democrats and the Woman Question in Sweden: A History of ContradictionRenée Frangeur Chapter 12. A Double Responsibility: Women, Men, and Socialism in NorwayIda Blom Chapter 13. Socialist Feminists and Feminist Socialists in Denmark 1920-1940Hilda Romer Christensen PART V: REFLECTIONSChapter 14. Women, Citizenship, and PowerLouise A. TillyChapter 15. From Welfare Politics to Welfare States: Women and the Socialist QuestionGeoff Eley List of ContributorsIndexes Name IndexSubject IndexSubject Index by CountryAustriaBelgiumBritainDenmarkFranceGermanyItalyThe NetherlandsNorwaySpainSweden

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