Does atrocity have a gender? Feminist interpretations of women in the SS
TitleDoes atrocity have a gender? Feminist interpretations of women in the SS
Author
Call number940.5318/0044
Object number05857m
Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
Year of publication
2004
Physical descriptionpp300-324
MaterialArticle
ISBN0810120011
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies' Vol.VI pp300-324
Description
States that historians need to rethink the use of concepts of gender and femininity when analysing the behaviour of female perpetrators. At the few postwar trials, "testimony was presented and evaluated in genderes ans sexualised mythological language," but this testimony may not in fact really explain the behaviour of women perpetrators.