Nation, Krieg und Geschlechterordnung: Zum kulturellen und politischen Diskurs in der Zeit der antinapoleonischen Erhebung Preußens 1806-1815
Title | Nation, Krieg und Geschlechterordnung: Zum kulturellen und politischen Diskurs in der Zeit der antinapoleonischen Erhebung Preußens 1806-1815 |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1996 |
Authors | Hagemann, Karen |
Journal | Geschichte und Gesellschaft |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 562–591 |
Date Published | 10/1996 |
Abstract | Unlike other sociopolitical developments in Germany accompanying the French Revolution and Napoleonic era, sex roles have received little attention from historians, despite the considerable interest shown in them by contemporaries. Three developments involving gender are examined in Prussia during the anti-Napoleonic struggle, 1806-15: the construction of a broad-based national identity; military reform; and the elaboration of specific sex roles. A patriotic, defense-oriented national identity was formed based on a male citizenry able and willing to bear arms, and was thus explicitly masculine in character. This was reinforced by the introduction of universal conscription and close association of the army with the "nation" (as opposed to just the state). Finally, a Prussian "national character" was elaborated for both men and women that - largely based on anthropological distinctions - strictly separated the two in their contributions to the common nation. |
URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40185917 |
Translated Title | Nation , War and Gender Order: The Cultural and Political Discourse in the Time of Anti-Napoleonic Prussia 1806-1815 |
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