Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index.
Contents
Women's identities and modern war -- Defining the geography of war: configuring the boundaries between the fronts -- The maternal body as battlefield: rape, gender, and national identity -- Promoting motherhood and regulating women: women's labor and the nation -- Women's wild oats: sexuality and the social order -- Feminism on trial: women's dissent and the politics of peace -- National service and national sacrifice: civic participation, gender, and national identity -- Public spaces and private grief: assessing the legacy of war.
