Of Little Comfort : War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War
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Electronic Book | UT Tyler Online Online | D639.W7 K84 2012 (Browse shelf) | http://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865632 | Available | EBL865632 |
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D639.J4 .S75 1988 The Jews and the European Crisis, 1914-1921. | D639.N4 E55 2001eb Race, War, and Surveillance : | D639 .W7 G38 2011 American Women In World War I. | D639.W7 K84 2012 Of Little Comfort : | D640.A2 K57 2012 Eyewitnesses to the Great War : | D643.A7 H43 1995eb Versailles and After, 1919-1933. | D649.G3G46 2010 German Reparations, 1919 - 1932 : |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 An Army of Widows; 2 Trostlose Stunden: German War Widows; 3 The War Widows' Romance: Victory and Loss in the United States; 4 The Transnationalization of Soldiers, Widows, and War Relief; 5 "The Other Trench": Remarriage, Pro-natalism, and the Rebirthing of the Nation; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author
During and especially after World War I, the millions of black-clad widows on the streets of Europe's cities were a constant reminder that war caused carnage on a vast scale. But widows were far more than just a reminder of the war's fallen soldiers; they were literal and figurative actresses in how nations crafted their identities in the interwar era. In this extremely original study, Erika Kuhlman compares the ways in which German and American widows experienced their post-war status, and how that played into the cultures of mourning in their two nations: one defeated, the other victorious.
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Kuhlman (Idaho State Univ.) demonstrates just how important the histories of women and gender remain in her examination of the experience of post-WW I widows in the US and Germany. She has mined a variety of sources, including letters from individuals as well as those exchanged by institutions, and records from women's organizations such as the Gold Star Mothers. Kuhlman compels readers to view women whose husbands were lost to them after the war as more than just victims. They were also agents of change who not only demanded the support of the governments who had taken their husbands from them, but who also became aggressive advocates for peace. By examining the complications war widows faced, from how to support their families to dealing with their prescriptive images to remarriage, Kuhlman paints a new image of the interwar period. Her work adds new depth to understanding how, after the Great War, the often unheard and unnoticed inhabitants of nations carved a new place for themselves by challenging prevailing notions of their place within them. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. J. M. Morris College of Mount St. JosephAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
KuhlmanErika:Erika Kuhlman is Associate Professor of history at Idaho State University. Her books include Petticoats and White Feathers , Reconstructing Patriarchy after the Great War, and Women and Transnational Activism in Historical Perspective.
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