Warrior women : the cultural politics of armed women, c.1870-1945 / Alison S. Fell, University of Liverpool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fell, Alison S., 1971- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements 2633-8378.

Cambridge elements. Elements in modern wars, 2633-8378

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women soldiers.

Women and the military.

Women and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009070089 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.