Jamaican Women and the World Wars

On the Front Lines of Change
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-68584-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

Addresses Jamaican women’s previously unrecognised roles in both World Wars Provides rare accounts of military service through women's personal recollections 
Establishes a link between Jamaican women’s wartime service and general improvements in their socio-political status

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bean, Dalea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: War Can No Longer be Confined to the Battlefield: Situating Jamaica in World Wars I and II.- Chapter 3: Doing Their Little Bit: Women’s Organisation of Jamaican World War I Efforts.- Chapter 4: Masculine Duties and Feminine Powers: Gender and Recruiting Efforts during World War I.- Chapter 5: Votes for (some) women now!: The Road to Political Franchise in the Aftermath of War.- Chapter 6: The Woman’s Place is in the War: Continuity and Change in World War II.- Chapter 7: We Were Soldiers: Jamaican Women Enlist in World War II.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dalea Bean is Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica. Before working with the IGDS, she taught in the Department of History and Archaeology at UWI in the areas of women's history and Caribbean history. Her research interests include gender and conflict situations, and women and gender justice in the contemporary Caribbean. She has written book chapters and journal articles, and presented numerous academic papers internationally on these and other topics.