Jews and Gender in Liberation France

by K. H. Adler

Overview

Taking a new view of France during and after the German occupation, this book challenges traditional chronology concentrating on the Vichy government. It punctures standard interpretations dividing occupied France into resisters and collaborators and explores the resistance concept of an ideal Frenchwoman by using interview material to contest the standard view. French demographers' post-liberation enthusiasm for Nazi population policy, women in the city, and the widespread fervor for the family are also examined. The significance of race—specifically Jewishness—and gender is emphasized throughout this study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521790482
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/07/2003
Series:	Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare , #14
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Karen Adler is Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the long liberation; 2. Narrating liberation; 3. Anticipating liberation: the gendered nation in print; 4. Limiting liberation: 'the French for France'; 5. Controlling liberation: Georges Mauco and a population fit for France; 6. Liberation in place: Jewish women in the city; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"K.H. Adler has written an important book that offers readers a stimulating evaluation of the construction of national identity in France after its liberation in August 1944." Canadian Journal of History, David A. Messenger, Carroll College (Montana)

"Adler's book, elegantly written, sophisticated in conceptualization, and deeply researched, is a welcome addition to the growing literature on French national identity formation, immigration, and assimilationism." The International History Review, Alice L. Conklin, Ohio State University

"A compelling rereading of the postwar years." H-FRANCE

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