Soviet women in combat : a history of violence on the Eastern Front / Anna Krylova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krylova, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a.

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.

Women soldiers--Soviet Union--History.

Women soldiers.

Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Soviet Union.

Women and war--Soviet Union--History.

Women and war.

Women and the military--Soviet Union--History.

Women and the military.

Sex role--Soviet Union--History.

Sex role.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist

pt. 1. Before the front, 1930s

A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier

pt. 2. On the way to the front, 1941-1945

"And this is exactly who we are

soldiers!" : women volunteers, local authorities, and the Stalinist government in 1941

The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order

New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state-run mobilizations of 1942-1945

pt. 3. At the front, 1941-1945

Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches

"To be a woman-commander

that was great!" : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army, 1942-1945

Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence, authority, and romance in mechanized warfare, 1942-1945

Conclusion

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521197342

0521197341

OCLC:

456728934