New Voices In The Nation: Women And The Greek Resistance, 1941-1964 (the Wilder House Series In Politics, History And Culture)

"During World War II, movements organized to resist Nazi occupation grew throughout Europe. In Greece the resistance movement also involved an unprecedented opportunity for social and political change initiated by the largest organization, the National Liberation Front or EAM. Key leaders envisioned postwar Greece as a popular democracy structured to allow a range of new voices to be heard. Believing gender equality to be one of the hallmarks of modernity, they attempted to expand the category of "national citizen" to include women as well as men."--BOOK JACKET. "Janet Hart describes, often in the words of the Greek women involved, how lives were transformed by active participation in the resistance against the Nazis and in the anticommunist aftermath of the war. Political action proved exhilarating for women who had grown up in a prewar world of narrowly constricted gender roles. Hart has interviewed many survivors, and their testimony transcends local boundaries to capture the experience of emancipation."--BOOK JACKET. "New Voices in the Nation explores the historical memory of social transformation, finding in personal narrative a key to new conceptions of societal change. The author places the resistance movement in an international context by examining how the struggle to promote modern political culture among ordinary people took shape on the ground in the course of the battle against conquering Axis forces. Hart uses insights gleaned from former partisans, Italian leader and political philosopher Antonio Gramsci, histories of black consciousness, and her own perceptions as an African American to explore topics of compelling current concern: the relation between gender and political action, the role of nationalism in the raising of gender-based consciousness, and the ways in which social movements, by challenging the political status quo, may ultimately find themselves targeted as threats to state equilibrium."--Jacket 00000001.tif.3......Page 1 00000004.tif.3......Page 4 00000007.tif.3......Page 7 00000010.tif.3......Page 10 00000013.tif.3......Page 13 00000016.tif.3......Page 16 00000019.tif.3......Page 19 00000022.tif.3......Page 22 00000025.tif.3......Page 25 00000028.tif.3......Page 28 00000031.tif.3......Page 31 00000034.tif.3......Page 34 00000037.tif.3......Page 37 00000040.tif.3......Page 40 00000043.tif.3......Page 43 00000046.tif.3......Page 46 00000049.tif.3......Page 49 00000052.tif.3......Page 52 00000055.tif.3......Page 55 00000058.tif.3......Page 58 00000061.tif.3......Page 61 00000064.tif.3......Page 64 00000067.tif.3......Page 67 00000070.tif.3......Page 70 00000073.tif.3......Page 73 00000076.tif.3......Page 76 00000079.tif.3......Page 79 00000082.tif.3......Page 82 00000085.tif.3......Page 85 00000088.tif.3......Page 88 00000091.tif.3......Page 91 00000094.tif.3......Page 94 00000097.tif.3......Page 97 00000100.tif.3......Page 100 00000103.tif.3......Page 103 00000106.tif.3......Page 106 00000109.tif.3......Page 109 00000112.tif.3......Page 112 00000115.tif.3......Page 115 00000118.tif.3......Page 118 00000121.tif.3......Page 121 00000124.tif.3......Page 124 00000127.tif.3......Page 127 00000130.tif.3......Page 130 00000133.tif.3......Page 133 00000136.tif.3......Page 136 00000139.tif.3......Page 139 00000142.tif.3......Page 142 00000145.tif.3......Page 145 00000148.tif.3......Page 148 00000151.tif.3......Page 151 00000154.tif.3......Page 154 00000157.tif.3......Page 157 00000160.tif.3......Page 160 00000163.tif.3......Page 163 00000166.tif.3......Page 166 00000169.tif.3......Page 169 00000172.tif.3......Page 172 00000175.tif.3......Page 175 00000178.tif.3......Page 178 00000181.tif.3......Page 181 00000184.tif.3......Page 184 00000187.tif.3......Page 187 00000190.tif.3......Page 190 00000193.tif.3......Page 193 00000196.tif.3......Page 196 00000199.tif.3......Page 199 00000202.tif.3......Page 202 00000205.tif.3......Page 205 00000208.tif.3......Page 208 00000211.tif.3......Page 211 00000214.tif.3......Page 214 00000217.tif.3......Page 217 00000220.tif.3......Page 220 00000223.tif.3......Page 223 00000226.tif.3......Page 226 00000229.tif.3......Page 229 00000232.tif.3......Page 232 00000235.tif.3......Page 235 00000238.tif.3......Page 238 00000241.tif.3......Page 241 00000244.tif.3......Page 244 00000247.tif.3......Page 247 00000250.tif.3......Page 250 00000253.tif.3......Page 253 00000256.tif.3......Page 256 00000259.tif.3......Page 259 00000262.tif.3......Page 262 00000265.tif.3......Page 265 00000268.tif.3......Page 268 00000271.tif.3......Page 271 00000274.tif.3......Page 274 00000277.tif.3......Page 277 00000280.tif.3......Page 280 00000283.tif.3......Page 283 00000286.tif.3......Page 286 00000289.tif.3......Page 289 00000292.tif.3......Page 292 00000295.tif.3......Page 295 00000298.tif.3......Page 298 00000301.tif.3......Page 301 00000304.tif.3......Page 304 00000307.tif.3......Page 307 00000310.tif.3......Page 310 00000313.tif.3......Page 313 00000316.tif.3......Page 316 00000319.tif.3......Page 319 00000322.tif.3......Page 322 00000325.tif.3......Page 325 00000328.tif.3......Page 328 00000331.tif.2......Page 331 Annotation During World War II, movements organized to resist Nazi occupation grew throughout Europe. In Greece the resistance movement also involved an unprecedented opportunity for social and political change initiated by the largest organization, the National Liberation Front or EAM. Key leaders envisioned postwar Greece as a popular democracy structured to allow a range of new voices to be heard. Believing gender equality to be one of the hallmarks of modernity, they attempted to expand the category of "national citizen" to include women as well as men. Janet Hart describes, often in the words of the Greek women involved, how lives were transformed by active participation in the resistance against the Nazis and in the anticommunist aftermath of the war. Political action proved exhilarating for women who had grown up in a prewar world of narrowly constricted gender roles. Hart has interviewed many survivors, and their testimony transcends local boundaries to capture the experience of emancipation. New Voices in the, Nation explores the historical memory of social transformation, finding in personal narrative a key to new conceptions of societal change. The author places the resistance movement in an international context by examining how the struggle to promote modern political culture among ordinary people took shape on the ground in the course of the battle against conquering Axis forces. Hart uses insights gleaned from former partisans, Italian leader and political philosopher Antonio Gramsci, histories of black consciousness, and her own perceptions as an African American to explore topics of compelling current concern: the relation between gender and political action, the role ofnationalism in the raising of gender-based consciousness, and the ways in which social movements, by challenging the political status quo, may ultimately find themselves targeted as threats to state equilibrium