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Women at the front: remediating gendered notions of WWII heroism in historical re-enactment.
- Source :
- Journal of War & Culture Studies; Nov2023, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p437-466, 30p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Historical re-enactments have become an increasingly popular topic in academic debate, as some scholars argue that re-enactments allow participants to critically investigate history and its representations. As a pastime dominated by men, most literature on war re-enactment and gender, however, has emphasized the subordinate position of women and the reproduction of conventional gender roles. This paper focuses on two European women re-enactment groups that challenge this understanding: Die Flakhelferinnen in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and the Army Nurse Corps of the United States. Based on a visual ethnography of their Instagram combined with fieldwork in the Czech Republic and Belgium, I analyse the strategies these reenactors use in the remediation of the 'invisible' histories of women in the armed forces during WWII. The analysis demonstrates a complex negotiation between historical notions of 'femininity', contemporary identities, and Instagram's affordances in the remediation of gendered pasts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17526272
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of War & Culture Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173229032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17526272.2023.2228587