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Feminist Interpretations of the Holocaust
Author(s) -
Erika Potter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
mount royal undergraduate humanities review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-4733
DOI - 10.29173/mruhr336
Subject(s) - the holocaust , genocide , feminism , women's history , context (archaeology) , gender studies , sociology , conversation , institution , history , law , social science , political science , archaeology , communication
The emergence of the study of the history of the Holocaust following the “silent years”, which occupied nearly two decades of the post-war era, coincided with the establishment of second wave feminism. Despite the creation of the discipline of Women’s and Gender Studies and the emerging variety of women’s history within post secondary institution, discussion of women in the Holocaust did not become a part of the discourse of history until the late seventies. In addition to the lag in addressing  the study of the history of women in the Holocaust, the application of feminist theory to Holocaust history was late to the academic conversation. Feminist history of the Holocaust was finally studied in the early eighties, in order to better understand not only women in the Holocaust but also the Holocaust more generally. However, the discourse failed to evolve and diversify as quickly as other forms of feminist history.   As a result of the perceived exceptionality of the Holocaust within the context of history and even within the more specified picture of the history of  genocide, the application of feminist theory as well as  the understanding of the experiences of women and  the implications of gender within the Holocaust remain relatively stunted within the context of Holocaust and feminist history.

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