Women in Europe between the wars : politics, culture and society / edited by Angela Kershaw and Angela Kimyongur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kershaw, Angela.

Kimyongür, Angela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--History--20th century.

Women.

Women authors, European--20th century--History and criticism.

Women authors, European.

Women--Political activity--Europe--History--20th century.

Women in public life--Europe--History--20th century.

Women in public life.

Politics and culture--Europe--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Europe--History--1918-1945.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The central aim of this interdisciplinary book is to make visible the intentionality behind the 'forgetting' of European women's contributions during the period between the two world wars in the context of politics, culture and society. It also seeks to record and analyse women's agency in the construction and reconstruction of Europe and its nation states after the First World War, and thus to articulate ways in which the writing of women's history necessarily entails the rewriting of everyone's history. By showing that the erasure of women's texts from literary and cultural history was not accidental but was ideologically motivated, the essays explicitly and implicitly contribute to debates surrounding canon formation. Other important topics are women's political activism during the period, antifascism, the contributions made by female journalists, the politics of literary production, genre, women's relationship with and contributions to the avant-garde, women's professional lives, and women's involvement in voluntary associations. In bringing together the work of scholars whose fields of expertise are diverse but whose interests converge on the inter-war period, the volume invites readers to make connections and comparisons across the whole spectrum of women's political, social, and cultural activities throughout Europe."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Women in Europe between the Wars: a Culture of Contradictions; Part I: 'The Spectacle of Europe': Women Writers and European Politics; Part II: 'Is Anybody Listening?': Renegotiating the Cultural Canon; Part III: 'Women and the Public Sphere': Women's Professional and Voluntary Work; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-003-06337-3

1-138-35799-5

1-351-14295-X

9780874591579

1-351-14296-8

1-351-14294-1

1-281-10413-2

9786611104139

0-7546-8416-4

9781351142960

OCLC:

320322827