Sophie De Schaepdrijver: Gabrielle Petit

Cover: 9781472590862 | Gabrielle Petit | Sophie De Schaepdrijver | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in 1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit, an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in 1916 for her role as an intelligence agent for the British Army. After the First World War she was celebrated as an example of stern endeavour, but a hundred years later her memory has faded.

In the first part of this historical biography Sophie De Schaepdrijver uses Petit's life to explore gender, class and heroism in the context of occupied Europe. Petit's experiences reveal the reality of civilian engagement under military occupation and the emergence of modern espionage. The second part of the book focuses on the legacy and cultural memory of Petit and the First World War. By analysing Petit's representation in ceremony, discourse and popular culture De Schaepdrijver expands our understanding of remembrance across the 20th century.

Über den Autor

Sophie De Schaepdrijver is Associate Professor of History at Penn State University, USA. She is an award-winning historian of the social and cultural history of the First World War.

Zusammenfassung

An original study of the role of women in wartime, this book redresses the gender imbalance in military history

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Prologue

Part 1: Life

Chapter 1: Disinheritance, 189 3- 1914

Chapter 2: Engagement, August 1914 - August 1915

Chapter 3: War Work, August 1915 - February 1916

Chapter 4: Confrontation, February 1916 - March 1916

Chapter 5: 'Utterly Alone', March 1916 - November 1918

Part 2: Memory
Chapter 6: Memory Agents, 1918 - 1919

Chapter 7: National Heroine, 1919 - 1923

Chapter 8: Palimpsest, 1919 - 2003

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472590862
ISBN-10:	1472590864
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Schaepdrijver, Sophie De
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.01.2015
Gewicht:	0,418 kg