TY - BOOK ID - 19754585 TI - Under fire : women and World War II. PY - 2014 SN - 9789087044756 9789087044992 PB - Amsterdam Verloren DB - UniCat KW - Wereldoorlog 2 KW - vrouwen KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - World history KW - anno 1940-1949 KW - sex role KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Women in war KW - Women UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19754585 AB - Since the 1970s, when the dominance of military histories of the World Wars ended, and social historical histories of conflict rose to prominence, women have come to play an increasingly important role in mainstream stories about the Second World War. Although this is undeniably a valuable development, the perspectives on women that arose have in many respects remained limiting - although in new ways. Women have been portrayed as carers, as victims (notably of sexual violence), but rarely as agents of their own fate. This volume focuses on this last group. In spite of the undeniable suffering and victimization that befell so many women during the war, for others the war also opened opportunities and awakened ambitions. The articles in this volume, which cover both Europe and Asia, bring together some of the women who took initiatives, of which they sometimes suffered the dire consequences, sometimes enjoyed the fruits. ER -