Modernizing tradition : gender and consumerism in interwar France and Germany /
In the turbulent decades after World War I, both France and Germany sought to return to an idealized, prewar past. Many people believed they could recapture a sense of order and stability by reinstituting traditional gender roles, which the war had thrown off balance. While French and German women n...
| Основен автор: | Stanley, Adam C., 1974- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=262681 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Modernizing tradition. |
| Резюме: |
In the turbulent decades after World War I, both France and Germany sought to return to an idealized, prewar past. Many people believed they could recapture a sense of order and stability by reinstituting traditional gender roles, which the war had thrown off balance. While French and German women necessarily filled men's roles in factories and other jobs during the war, those who continued to lead active working lives after World War I risked being called "modern women." Far from a compliment, this derogatory label encompassed everything society found threatening about women's new p. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807134894 0807134899 |