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Women and Socialism - Socialism and Women Europe Between the World Wars

Gruber Helmut Graves Pamela ontributors,
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781571811516
Publisert
1998-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
450

Redaktør
Gruber Helmut
Graves Pamela
ontributors,

Biographical note

Helmut Gruber is Charles S. Baylis Professor of History emeritus, Polytechnic University, New York, and co-editor of International Labor & Working-Class History.

Women and Socialism - Socialism and Women Europe Between the World Wars

Gruber Helmut Graves Pamela ontributors,
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk
Gruber Helmut Graves Pamela ontributors,
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk
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Until recently, histories of women tended to be segregated from the larger historical context. This pioneering volume places the role of women within the history of the interwar years, whenboth the women's and socialist movements became prominent, and raises the key question of how power was distributed between the genders in a historical setting. The emblematic title of this volume highlights the fundamental conception of this comparative study of eleven West European countries: that in the interwar decades two great movements gained in strength, converged, diverged, competed, and cooperated. Each of these movements is viewed as acomplex matrix of organized and unorganized participants. However, by far the most provocative questions deal with gender relations. Central to these are definitions of femininity and masculinity in terms of mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion at the workplace, in the home, and in the political arena. The mystique of the "new woman" in the 1920s and the 1930s challenged traditional notions of gender identity and relations, not the least of which was the redefinition of the role of men. The main issue addressed in this volume is not how male socialists "dealt with" the woman question or how women functioned in or outside left-wingparties; it rather centers on illustrating the power distribution between the sexes in specific political and cultural contexts. This rigorously focused and coherent volume, to which some of the best-known scholars in the field have contributed, will no doubt establish itself as the standard reference work for years to come.
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Looks at the relationship of working-class organizations to gender and the role of women in their movements and in society in general during the interwar period. National chapters are arranged in geographic and thematic sections on left-wing parties in Central Europe, social democratic parties in Ho
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List of Photo Essays List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Helmut Gruber & Pamela Graves 1914: Great Feminist Expectations Michelle Perrot PART I: SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS Introduction Atina Grossmann Chapter 1. "The “New Woman”: Realities and Illusions of Gender Equality in Red Vienna Helmut Gruber Chapter 2. Modernization as Challenge: Perceptions and Reactions of German Social Democratic Women Adelheid von Saldern Chapter 3. German Communism and New Women: Dilemmas and Contradictions Atina Grossmann PART II: GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES Introduction Pamela Graves Chapter 4. An Experiment in Women-Centered Socialism: Labour Women in Britain Pamela Graves  Chapter 5. Gender and Democratic Socialism in the Netherlands Ulla Jansz Chapter 6. Bread and Roses: Pragmatic Women in the Belgium Workers’ Party Denise De Weerdt PART III: POLITICAL FRACTURES Introduction Mary Gibson Chapter 7. French Women in the Crossfire of Class, Sex, Maternity and Citizenship Helmut Gruber Chapter 8. The French Communist Party and Women 1920-1939: From “Feminism” to Familialism Christine Bard & Jean-Louis Robert Chapter 9. "Ideals of Redemption”: Socialism and Women on the Left in Spain Mary Nash Chapter 10. Women and the Left in the Shadow of Fascism in Interwar Italy Mary Gibson PART IV: PRELUDE TO WELFARE STATES Introduction Ida Blom  Chapter 11. Social Democrats and the Woman Question in Sweden: A History of Contradiction Renée Frangeur Chapter 12. A Double Responsibility: Women, Men, and Socialism in Norway Ida Blom Chapter 13. Socialist Feminists and Feminist Socialists in Denmark 1920-1940 Hilda Romer Christensen PART V: REFLECTIONS Chapter 14. Women, Citizenship, and Power Louise A. Tilly Chapter 15. From Welfare Politics to Welfare States: Women and the Socialist Question Geoff Eley List of Contributors Indexes     Name Index Subject Index Subject Index by Country Austria Belgium Britain Denmark France Germany Italy The Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden  
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"Packs in all you wanted to know about the left and women during this fraught period."  · American Historical Review "This important collection ... provides a great deal of empirical information as well as interesting theoretical reflections. The breadth of the studies is impressive."  · Central European History
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Until recently, histories of women tended to be segregated from the larger historical context. This pioneering volume places the role of women within the history of the interwar years, whenboth the women's and socialist movements became prominent, and raises the key question of how power was distributed between the genders in a historical setting. The emblematic title of this volume highlights the fundamental conception of this comparative study of eleven West European countries: that in the interwar decades two great movements gained in strength, converged, diverged, competed, and cooperated. Each of these movements is viewed as acomplex matrix of organized and unorganized participants. However, by far the most provocative questions deal with gender relations. Central to these are definitions of femininity and masculinity in terms of mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion at the workplace, in the home, and in the political arena. The mystique of the "new woman" in the 1920s and the 1930s challenged traditional notions of gender identity and relations, not the least of which was the redefinition of the role of men. The main issue addressed in this volume is not how male socialists "dealt with" the woman question or how women functioned in or outside left-wingparties; it rather centers on illustrating the power distribution between the sexes in specific political and cultural contexts. This rigorously focused and coherent volume, to which some of the best-known scholars in the field have contributed, will no doubt establish itself as the standard reference work for years to come.
Les mer
Looks at the relationship of working-class organizations to gender and the role of women in their movements and in society in general during the interwar period. National chapters are arranged in geographic and thematic sections on left-wing parties in Central Europe, social democratic parties in Ho
Les mer
List of Photo Essays List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Helmut Gruber & Pamela Graves 1914: Great Feminist Expectations Michelle Perrot PART I: SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS Introduction Atina Grossmann Chapter 1. "The “New Woman”: Realities and Illusions of Gender Equality in Red Vienna Helmut Gruber Chapter 2. Modernization as Challenge: Perceptions and Reactions of German Social Democratic Women Adelheid von Saldern Chapter 3. German Communism and New Women: Dilemmas and Contradictions Atina Grossmann PART II: GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES Introduction Pamela Graves Chapter 4. An Experiment in Women-Centered Socialism: Labour Women in Britain Pamela Graves  Chapter 5. Gender and Democratic Socialism in the Netherlands Ulla Jansz Chapter 6. Bread and Roses: Pragmatic Women in the Belgium Workers’ Party Denise De Weerdt PART III: POLITICAL FRACTURES Introduction Mary Gibson Chapter 7. French Women in the Crossfire of Class, Sex, Maternity and Citizenship Helmut Gruber Chapter 8. The French Communist Party and Women 1920-1939: From “Feminism” to Familialism Christine Bard & Jean-Louis Robert Chapter 9. "Ideals of Redemption”: Socialism and Women on the Left in Spain Mary Nash Chapter 10. Women and the Left in the Shadow of Fascism in Interwar Italy Mary Gibson PART IV: PRELUDE TO WELFARE STATES Introduction Ida Blom  Chapter 11. Social Democrats and the Woman Question in Sweden: A History of Contradiction Renée Frangeur Chapter 12. A Double Responsibility: Women, Men, and Socialism in Norway Ida Blom Chapter 13. Socialist Feminists and Feminist Socialists in Denmark 1920-1940 Hilda Romer Christensen PART V: REFLECTIONS Chapter 14. Women, Citizenship, and Power Louise A. Tilly Chapter 15. From Welfare Politics to Welfare States: Women and the Socialist Question Geoff Eley List of Contributors Indexes     Name Index Subject Index Subject Index by Country Austria Belgium Britain Denmark France Germany Italy The Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden  
Les mer
"Packs in all you wanted to know about the left and women during this fraught period."  · American Historical Review "This important collection ... provides a great deal of empirical information as well as interesting theoretical reflections. The breadth of the studies is impressive."  · Central European History
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781571811516
Publisert
1998-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
450

Redaktør
Gruber Helmut
Graves Pamela
ontributors,

Biographical note

Helmut Gruber is Charles S. Baylis Professor of History emeritus, Polytechnic University, New York, and co-editor of International Labor & Working-Class History.

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