This Element examines women warriors as vehicles of mobilisation. It argues that women warrior figures from the mid-nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War are best understood as examples of 'palimpsestic memory', as the way they were represented reflected new contexts whi...

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1. Verfasser:	Fell, Alison S. 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge elements
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1850-1945 Women soldiers Women and the military Women and war Kriegerin > Motiv Darstellung Soldatin Mobilmachung
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Zusammenfassung:	This Element examines women warriors as vehicles of mobilisation. It argues that women warrior figures from the mid-nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War are best understood as examples of 'palimpsestic memory', as the way they were represented reflected new contexts while retaining traces of legendary models such as Joan of Arc, and of 'travelling memory', as their stories crossed geographical borders and were re-told and re-imagined. It considers both the instrumentalisation of women warriors by state actors to mobilise populations in the world wars, and by non-state actors in resistance, anti-colonial and feminist movements. Fell's analysis of a broad range of global conflicts helps us to understand who these actors were, what motivated them, and what meanings armed women embodied for them, enabling a fresh understanding of the woman warrior as an archetype in modern warfare
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2023) The cultural politics of armed women -- Women warriors and mobilisation in the world wars -- Women warriors as icons of resistance -- Women warriors, demobilisation and post-war memory cultures
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (75 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009070089
DOI:	10.1017/9781009070089