Gender and War in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

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Gender and War in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe is written by Nancy M. Wingfield and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253111935 (ISBN 10) and 9780253111937 (ISBN 13).

This volume explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in eastern Europe during World Wars I and II. By using gender as a category of analysis, the authors seek to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the subjective nature of wartime experience and its representations. While historians have long equated the fighting front with the masculine and the home front with the feminine, the contributors challenge these dichotomies, demonstrating that they are based on culturally embedded assumptions about heroism and sacrifice. Major themes include the ways in which wartime experiences challenge traditional gender roles; postwar restoration of gender order; collaboration and resistance; the body; and memory and commemoration.