Does atrocity have a gender? Feminist interpretations of women in the SS
TitreDoes atrocity have a gender? Feminist interpretations of women in the SS
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0044
N° d'objet05857m
Lieu de publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
Année de publication
2004
Paginationpp300-324
MatérielArticle
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.