Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars

by Margaret R. Higonnet

Book Overview

What effect did the two world wars have on the relations between women and men? Drawing on broad comparative material--from government policy to popular media, poetry and fiction, and personal letters--this book examines the redefinition of gender that occurred in many Western countries during both world wars.
"A major addition to the literature on gender relations and war."--Helena Lewis, Women's Review of Books
"One of the first,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300044291
• ISBN13: 9780300044294
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"