Reconstructing Womens Wartime Lives: Discourse and Subjectivity in Oral Histories of the Second World War

Examines the effects of the Second World War on women's sense of themselves. Using oral history it explores the interaction between cultural representations of men and women in the war, and women's own narratives of their wartime lives.


Author: Penny Summerfield
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 08/06/1998
Pages: 338
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.44w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780719044618

About the Author

Penny Summerfield is Professor of Women's History at Manchester University