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The Legacy of the Great War Ser.: French Women and the First World War : War Stories of the Home Front by Margaret Darrow (2000, Hardcover)

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This book explores stories that were never told and why they were not. In tracing stories about war heroines, but also about villainesses like Mata Hari, this fascinating study shows what these stories reveal about French understanding of the war, their hopes and fears for the future.

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Despite acts of female heroism, popular memory, as well as official memorialization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores stories that were never told and why they were not. These include the experiences of French women in the war, the stories they themselves told about these experiences and how French society interpreted them. The author examines the ways French women served their country - from charity work, nursing and munitions manufacture to volunteering for military service and espionage. In tracing stories about war heroines, but also about villainesses like Mata Hari, this fascinating study shows what these stories reveal about French understanding of the war, their hopes and fears for the future. While the masculine war story was unitary and unchanging, the feminine story was multiple and shifting. Initially praised for their voluntary mobilization, women's claims of patriotism were undercut by criticisms as the war bogged down in the trenches. Were nurses giving solace or seeking romance? Were munitions workers patriots or profiteers? The prosecutions of Mata Hari for espionage and Hélène Brion for subversion show how attitudes to women's claim of patriotism changed. French women's relationship to the war called into question ideas about gender, definitions of citizenship and national identity. This book is the first study of women at war to treat both their experiences and its representations, which shaped nationalism, war and gender for the rest of the twentieth century. It makes an important contribution to the burgeoning history of collective memory and of the First World War.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1859733611
ISBN-13
9781859733615
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1662345

Product Key Features

Book Title
French Women and the First World War : War Stories of the Home Front
Author
Margaret Darrow
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War I, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2000
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
D639.W7.D38 2000
Reviews
"Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war." -- Times Literary Supplement "This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume." -- Modern and Contemporary France "This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War'." -- Choice "A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War." -- War in History, This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War'., 'Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war.' Times Literary Supplement 'This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume.' Modern and Contemporary France 'This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the "Great War."' Choice 'A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War.' War in History, "Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war." -- Times Literary Supplement "This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume."' -- Modern and Contemporary France "This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War'."-- Choice "A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War." -- War in History, This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume., "Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war." --Times Literary Supplement "This book represents a very useful resource for those interested in the history, gendered or otherwise, of the First World War, presenting as it does a vast range of important and interesting information and analysis in one volume."' --Modern and Contemporary France "This impressive and well-written study of French women is a valuable contribution to the continuing expansion of knowledge of what is still known in Europe as the 'Great War'."--Choice "A welcome addition to recent historiography of the First World War." --War in History, Darrow succeeds in recapturing the lost female voices of the Great War. Her attempt to rescue them from oblivion is a helpful contribution to the history of collective memory and the French experience of war.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Woman and War 2. Women's War Imagined: 1871-1914 3. The Mobilization of Femininity 4. War Heroines/War Victims 5. White Angels of the Battlefield 6. French Women in the War Economy 7. "I Want To Be Militarized" 8. The Enemy Was a Woman Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.3082
Series
The Legacy of the Great War Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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