Jewish masculinity in the Holocaust : between destruction and construction / Maddy Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Maddy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity.

Sex role--Psychological aspects.

Sex role.

Jewish men--Psychology.

Jewish men.

Holocaust survivors--Psychology.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

"This book draws on historical and sociological arguments to explore, for the first time, the impact of the Holocaust on the gender identities of Jewish men. It specifically looks at the experiences of men in France, Holland, Belgium, and Poland. Jewish Masculinity in the Holocaust starts by examining the gendered environment and ideas of Jewish masculinity during the interwar period and in the run-up to the Holocaust. The volume then goes on to explore the effect of Nazi persecution on various elements of male gender identity, using an analysis of a wide range of sources including diaries and journals written at the time, underground ghetto newspapers and numerous memoirs written in the intervening years by survivors. Taken together, these sources show that Jewish masculinities were severely damaged in the initial phases of persecution, particularly because men were unable to perform the roles and gender identities they expected of themselves. More controversially, however, Anna-Madeleine Carey also shows that the escalation of the persecution and later enclosure - whether through ghettoisation or hiding - offered men the opportunity to reassert their masculine identities. Finally, the book discusses the impact of the Holocaust on the practice of fatherhood and considers its effect on the transmission of masculinity. This important study breaks new ground in its coverage of gender and masculinities and is an important text for anyone studying the history of Holocaust "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jewish masculinity in context

Masculinity in crisis: persecution and collapse

Masculinity reasserted: enclosure and stability

Masculinity upheld: fatherhood and filial respect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350008069

1350008060

OCLC:

961408791