Thematic Keywords

The keywords are a selection of broad terms defined by the editors of the Oxford Handbook Gender, War and the Western World since 1600 edited by Karen Hagemann (General Editor), Stefan Dudink and Sonya Rose (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2020). They keywords represent some of its central themes and questions of the handbook. The following is a complete list of all thematic keywords. To search for literature and media associated with these keywords, please go to the keyword search page.

Keyword List

  • Historiography
  • Theory & Methodology
  • Theory & Military
  • Theory & Gender
  • History of Military & War general
  • Women's & Gender History general
  • Militarism
  • Military & Military Systems
  • Guerilla and Partisan Warfare & (Military) Resistance
  • Guerilla and Partisan Warfare, (Military) Resistance & Gender
  • Militias & Volunteers
  • Prisoners (of War)
  • Military & Society
  • Military & Gender
  • Military & Men/Masculinity
  • Military & Women/Femininity

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  • War & Politics
  • War & State-formation
  • War & Nation/Nation-building
  • War & Nation/Nation-building & Gender
  • War & Nation/Nation-building & Men/Masculinity
  • War & Nation/Nation-building & Women/Femininity
  • War, Politics/Citizenship & Gender
  • War, Politics/Citizenship & Men/Masculinity
  • War, Politics/Citizenship & Women/Femininity

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  • War & International Politics
  • War, International Politics & Gender
  • War, International Politics & Men/Masculinity
  • War, International Politics & Women/Femininity

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  • War & Colonialism/Imperialism
  • War & Colonialism/Imperialism & Gender
  • War & Colonialism/Imperialism & Men/Masculinity
  • War & Colonialism/Imperialism & Women/Femininity
  • War, Slavery & Slave Trade​

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  • War & Anti-colonial Struggle
  • War & Anti-colonial Struggle & Gender
  • War & Anti-colonial Struggle & Men/Masculinity
  • War & Anti-colonial Struggle & Women/Femininity

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  • War, Gender & Peace
  • Peace Studies
  • Peace Studies & Gender
  • Peace Building, Peace Keeping & International Agreements/Institutions
  • Peace Building, Peace Keeping & Gender
  • Human Rights
  • Peace Movements
  • Peace Movements & Gender
  • Peace Movements & Men/Masculinity
  • Peace Movements & Women/Femininity

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  • War & Warfare
  • War & Sexuality
  • War & Gender
  • War & Men
  • War & Women
  • War & Race
  • War, Gender & Race
  • War & Religion
  • War Mobilization
  • War & Combat
  • War, Combat & Gender
  • War, Home Front & Gender

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  • War & Culture
  • War & Media
  • War & Cultural Representation of Military and Violence
  • War, Culture & Gender
  • War & Cultural Representations of Gender
  • Popular Culture

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  • War Demobilization
  • War Demobilization & Gender
  • Postwar Societies
  • Postwar Societies & Gender
  • Postwar Societies & Men/Masculinity
  • Postwar Societies & Women/Femininity

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  • War & Humanitarianism
  • War, Humanitarianism & Gender
  • War, Humanitarianism & Men
  • War, Humanitarianism & Women
  • War & Medicine/Nursing

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  • War Memory
  • Holocaust Memory
  • War Memories & Gender
  • War Memories & Men/Masculinity
  • War Memories & Women/Femininity

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  • War & Violence
  • War, Violence & Gender
  • War, Violence & Men/Masculinity
  • War, Violence & Women/Femininity
  • War Crimes
  • War & Genocide
  • War, Genocide & Gender
  • War & Holocaust
  • War, Holocaust & Gender
  • War & Sexual Violence
  • War & Torture
  • War Traumas

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