Writing Resistance and the Question of Gender

Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, and Germaine Tillion
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-31241-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 159 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

This book presents the first comparative study of the works of Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, and Germaine Tillion in relation to their vigorous struggles against Nazi aggression during World War II and the Holocaust. It illuminates ways in which their early lives conditioned both their political engagements during wartime and their extraordinary literary creations empowered by what Lara R. Curtis refers to as modes of ‘writing resistance.’ With skillful recourse to a remarkable variety of genres, they offer compelling autobiographical reflections, vivid chronicles of wartime atrocities, eyewitness accounts of victims, and acute perspectives on the political implications of major events. Their sensitive reflections of gendered subjectivity authenticate the myriad voices and visions they capture. In sum, this book highlights the lives and works of three courageous women who were ceaselessly committed to a noble cause during the Holocaust and World War II.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Curtis, Lara R.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction Writing Resistance and the Question of Gender: Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, And Germaine Tillion,- Chapter 2 Charlotte Delbo: Writing the Afterlife.- Chapter 3 Noor Inayat Khan: Conceptualizing Resistance During World War II.- Chapter 4 Germaine Tillion: Observations of Algeria and Ravensbrück.- Chapter 5 Conclusion: Women’s Reflections on Wartime Experiences. 

Über Autor(innen)

Lara R. Curtis is a founder of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. She is currently a Five College Associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.