Reign of Virtue: Mobilizing Gender in Vichy France

(Part of the Women in Culture and Society Series)

by Miranda Pollard

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In Reign of Virtue, Miranda Pollard explores the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France.

Drawing on governmental archives, historical texts, and propaganda, Pollard explores what most historians have ignored: the many ways in which Vichy's politicians used gendered images of work, family, and sexuality to restore and maintain political and social order. She argues that Vichy...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226673502

ISBN13:9780226673509

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Europe France Gender Studies History Military Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's Studies

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