Soviet women in combat
Subtitle: a history of violence on the Eastern Front
By: Anna Krylova.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521197342
Subjects: Soviet Union. -- Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front; Women soldiers -- Soviet Union -- History; Women and war -- Soviet Union -- History; Women and the military -- Soviet Union -- History; Sex role -- Soviet Union -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist; title: pt. 1. Before the front, 1930s; title: A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier : the "prewar generation" in popular culture, in school, and at the shooting range; title: pt. 2. On the way to the front, 1941-1945; title: "And this is exactly who we are; title: soldiers!" : women volunteers, local authorities, and the Stalinist government in 1941; title: The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order; title: New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state-run mobilizations of 1942-1945; title: pt. 3. At the front, 1941-1945; title: Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches; title: "To be a woman-commander; title: that was great!" : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army, 1942-1945; title: Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence, authority, and romance in mechanized warfare, 1942-1945; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.