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Reconstructing 'Front' and 'Home': Gendered Experiences and Memories of the German Wars against Napoleon — A Case Study
Ist Teil von
War in history, 2009-01, Vol.16 (1), p.25-50
Ort / Verlag
London, England: SAGE
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The article analyses gendered experiences and memories of the German wars against Napoleon by focusing on the port city of Hamburg, the second largest German town, which was occupied by the French army between 1806 and 1814. The case study centres on the 'ego-documents' of the renowned bookseller, publisher, and patriot Friedrich Perthes (1770–1843) and his family. The article shows that these first 'modern' wars involved civilians — men and women alike — in new ways. The discursively constructed lines between 'front' and 'home' were blurred, and male and female war experiences were closely intertwined. After the wars, female war experiences were suppressed in collective memory. A wartime gender order was reconstructed in retrospect that distinguished clearly between fron and home, and emphasized male heroism and patriotism. This helped to reinforce the gender hierarchy and thereby the postwar social order.