Gender and warfare in the twentieth century Textual representations

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Synopsis

Gender and warfare in the twentieth century is a collection of exciting, accessible and very readable essays that span the twentieth century, exploring the ways in which men and women have both represented warfare, and represented themselves as participants in warfare. A range of contributors from different disciplines explore these representations by examining a wide variety of sources: fiction, film, personal diaries, memoirs, non-fiction, letters, oral testimonies and more. The collection ranges from the trenches of the Western Front, through the shell-shocked inter-war years, the civil war in Spain and the disparate battle fronts of World War Two, to the complexities of Vietnam and the late century Hollywood workings and re-workings of these conflicts. The focus on gendered readings provides a thread that binds these essays together to create a comprehensive and interesting picture of the legacy of twentieth-century warfare at the beginning of the new millennium.

Book details

Author:
Angela K. Smith
ISBN:
9781526130709
Related ISBNs:
9780719065743, 9780719065750, 9780719065743, 9780719065750, 9780719065743, 9780719065750, 9780719065743
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Pages:
240
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-10-31
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2004
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Military, Nonfiction, Social Studies