Foreign mothers
Fauroux, Camille
Foreign mothers - 2020.
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Between 1940 and 1945, the Nazi war effort in Germany depended on the forced mobilization of millions of foreign workers. This massive employment of foreign men and women had profound consequences on gender relations. Focusing on the maternal identity of French women employed in Berlin factories during this period, this article explores how racial hierarchies between women also helped to define gender in Nazi Germany. The unique position of French women— who were considered inferior to German women, but relatively privileged compared to Eastern European women— reveals the tensions and dynamics of the racial management of motherhood by the State and the world of work.
Foreign mothers - 2020.
84
Between 1940 and 1945, the Nazi war effort in Germany depended on the forced mobilization of millions of foreign workers. This massive employment of foreign men and women had profound consequences on gender relations. Focusing on the maternal identity of French women employed in Berlin factories during this period, this article explores how racial hierarchies between women also helped to define gender in Nazi Germany. The unique position of French women— who were considered inferior to German women, but relatively privileged compared to Eastern European women— reveals the tensions and dynamics of the racial management of motherhood by the State and the world of work.
Réseaux sociaux