between destruction and construction
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Carey, Maddy
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- WER 1G 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- tweede wereldoorlog, interbellum, jodendom, mannen, mannelijkheid, identiteit, Frankrijk, Nederland, België, Polen
- Description
- This book explores the impact of the Holocaust on the gender identities of Jewish men. Drawing on historical and sociological arguments, it specifically looks at the experiences of men in France, Holland, Belgium, and Poland. It starts by examining the gendered environment and ideas of Jewish masculinity during the interwar period and in the run-up to the Holocaust. The volume then goes on to explore the effect of Nazi persecution on various elements of male gender identity, analysing a wide range of sources including diaries and journals written at the time, underground ghetto newspapers and numerous memoirs written in the intervening years by survivors.