Gendering global humanitarianism in the twentieth century : practice, politics and the power of representation

Gendering global humanitarianism in the twentieth century : practice, politics and the power of representation / Esther Möller, Johannes Paulmann, Katharina Stornig, editors.

This volume discusses the relationship between gender and humanitarian discourses and practices in the twentieth century. It analyses the ways in which constructions, norms and ideologies of gender both shaped and were shaped in global humanitarian contexts. The individual chapters present issues su...

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Other Authors: Möller, Esther (Editor), Paulmann, Johannes (Editor), Stornig, Katharina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series.
Subjects:
Humanitarian assistance.
Humanitarian assistance
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Gendering twentieth-century humanitarianism : an introduction / Esther Möller, Johannes Paulmann, Katharina Stornig
  • 2. Humanitarian masculinity : desire, character and heroics, 1876-2018 / Bertrand Taithe
  • 3. Protestant missionaries, Armenian refugees and local relief : gendered humanitarianism in Aleppo, 1920-1939 / Inger Marie Okkenhaug
  • 4. Maternalism and feminism in medical aid : the American women's hospitals in the United States and in Greece, 1917-1941 / Francesca Piana
  • 5. The orphan nation : gendered humanitarianism for Armenian survivor children in Istanbul, 1919-1922 / Nazan Maksudyan
  • 6. The politics of gender and community : non-governmental relief in late colonial and early postcolonial India / Maria Framke
  • 7. Humanitarian service in the name of social development : the historic origins of women's welfare associations in Saudi Arabia
  • / Nora Derbal
  • 8. Perilous beginnings : infant mortality, public health and the state in Egypt / Beth Baron
  • 9. Parenthood as aid : "fathers", "mothers" and international child welfare from the late 1940s to the 1970s / Katharina Stornig, Katharina Wolf
  • 10. In/visible girls : "girl soldiers", gender and humanitarianism in African conflicts, c. 1955-2005 / Stacey Hynd
  • 11. Gender histories of humanitarianism : concepts and perspectives / Esther Möller, Johannes Paulmann, Katharina Stornig.

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