Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Holocaust

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-05390-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the broad and developing field of women, gender, and sexuality in the Holocaust. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates global, gender fluid, and intersectional perspectives, it examines experiences of Nazi Germany, the Nazi-occupied territories, ghettos, camps, resistance and rescue, and partisan movements.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Holocaust synthesises fresh approaches and frameworks in Holocaust and gender studies research, addressing topics including female perpetrators, sexual violence, masculinity, and queer experiences. Rose introduces readers to interpretations from a wide range of fields, from film and photography to law and psychology. Recognizing the importance of understanding the events of the Holocaust in their historical context, the text begins with an examination of gender roles prior to the rise of the Nazis and expands to include the aftermath and the legacy of the Holocaust through the lens of gender and sexuality.

With timelines and definitions of key terminology, this is an essential and accessible resource for students and scholars of the Holocaust, gender studies, and genocide studies as well as all those seeking a better understanding of this evolving discipline.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rose, Alison

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Holocaust

Chapter 2: Gender and Jewish History

Chapter 3: Gender and Antisemitism/ German and Nazi Views on Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Chapter 4: Gender and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany

Chapter 5: “Not Worthy of Life”: Gender and the Murder of the Disabled

Chapter 6: Gender in the Ghettos

Chapter 7: Gender in the German-Occupied Territories

Chapter 8. Gender in Concentration and Death Camps

Chapter 9. Gender in “Hiding”

Chapter 10: Sinti and Roma Women and Families in the Holocaust

Chapter 11. Gender in Ghetto and Camp Resistance

Chapter 12: Gender in Partisan Movements, General Resistance, and Rescue

Chapter 13: Gender and Holocaust Memory and Representations

Chapter 14: Conclusion: Coming to Terms with the Holocaust

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alison Rose is a part-time professor at the University of Rhode Island. She is the author of Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna (2008) and Antisemitism, Gender Bias, and the “Hervay Affair” of 1904: Bigotry in the Austrian Alps (2016).