French and francophone women facing war- Les femmes face a la guerre

Peter Collier

French and francophone women facing war- Les femmes face a la guerre
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
Country
Switzerland
Published
9 March 2009
Pages
285
ISBN
9783039113323

French and francophone women facing war- Les femmes face a la guerre

Peter Collier

Historical and literary scholars have become increasingly interested in women’s roles in and approaches to war. In times of conflict, French and francophone women have made crucial contributions in aid of the patrie, but wars have also set women against the governing powers, frequently forcing them to choose between their concerns as women, and the economic and social demands of their belligerent nations. This volume, the proceedings of the 9th UK Women in French conference entitled ‘Les femmes et la guerre’, brings together scholars from different academic disciplines - history, sociology, politics, literary criticism and gender studies - who explore the impact of war upon women in French and francophone societies.
Les critiques litteraires et les historiens s'interessent de plus en plus aux roles des femmes pendant les periodes de guerre. Les femmes francaises et francophones ont, par leurs actions cruciales, aide la patrie en temps de guerre ; cependant, les conflits ont egalement oppose les femmes a leur gouvernement, en les obligeant souvent a choisir entre leurs interets en tant que femmes et les exigences economiques et sociales de leur pays belligerant. Ce volume, reproduisant les actes du 9e colloque britannique organise par
Women in French , intitule
Les femmes et la guerre , rassemble des specialistes de diverses disciplines - histoire, sociologie, sciences politiques, critique litteraire et etudes de genre - pour analyser les effets de la guerre sur les femmes en France et dans les pays francophones.

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