Gender and warfare in the twentieth century is a collection of exciting, accessible and very readable essays that span the twentieth century, exploring the ways in which men and women have both represented warfare, and represented themselves as participants in warfare. A range of contributors from different disciplines explore these representations by examining a wide variety of sources: fiction, film, personal diaries, memoirs, non-fiction, letters, oral testimonies and more. The collection ranges from the trenches of the Western Front, through the shell-shocked inter-war years, the civil war in Spain and the disparate battle fronts of World War Two, to the complexities of Vietnam and the late century Hollywood workings and re-workings of these conflicts. The focus on gendered readings provides a thread that binds these essays together to create a comprehensive and interesting picture of the legacy of twentieth-century warfare at the beginning of the new millennium.

About the Author
Angela K. Smith is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Plymouth


Book Information
ISBN 9780719065750
Author Angela Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 13mm