{"product_id":"fighter-worker-and-family-man-german-jewish-men-and-their-gendered-experiences-in-nazi-germany-1933-1941-paperback-softback-9781487541248","title":"Fighter, Worker, and Family Man; German-Jewish Men and Their Gendered Experiences in Nazi Germany, 1933-1941 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487541248","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighter, Worker, and Family Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGerman-Jewish Men and Their Gendered Experiences in Nazi Germany, 1933-1941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSebastian Huebel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487541248\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Huebel shares the hope that a study of the erosion of Jewish male masculinity under Nazism can \u0026amp;#x2018;sharpen our understanding of contemporary issues related to gender.\u0026amp;#x2019;\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Graham Forst (\u003cem\u003eJewish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"This is a story of the gradual adaptations German Jewish men and their families made in the face of increasing legal restrictions, defamation, and violence. Huebel tells it very well. This is crucial reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - M. A. Mengerink, Lamar University (\u003cem\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Huebel\u0026amp;#x2019;s book invites us to further investigate the history of masculinities in the Third Reich. It will not only enrich historiographical debates about this period, but also enliven discussion in the classroom.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Javier Samper Vendrell, University of Pennsylvania (\u003cem\u003eMonatshefte\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Huebel, without losing sight of Nazi power, invites us to change our perspective and see how many men, despite the hardships they had to face, were still able to retain their humanity and express their own agency. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFighter, Worker, and Family Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a book about resistance, revealing how many German-Jewish men were able to find ways to fight against a system that wanted to humiliate, dehumanize, and ultimately kill them.\" - Alessia Ponzio, University of Saskatchewan (\u003cem\u003eCentral European History\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Nazis came to power, they used various strategies to expel German Jews from social, cultural, and economic life. \u003ci\u003eFighter, Worker, and Family Man\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the gendered experiences and discrimination that German-Jewish men faced between 1933 and 1941.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSebastian Huebel argues that Jewish men\u0026amp;#x2019;s gender identities, intersecting with categories of ethnicity, race, class, and age, underwent a profound process of marginalization that destabilized accustomed ways of performing masculinity. At the same time, in their attempts to sustain their conceptions of masculinity these men maintained agency and developed coping strategies that prevented their full-scale emasculation. Huebel draws on a rich archive of diaries, letters, and autobiographies to interpret the experiences of these men, focusing on their roles as soldiers and protectors, professionals and breadwinners, and parents and husbands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighter, Worker, and Family Man\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on how the Nazis sought to emasculate Jewish men through propaganda, the law, and violence, and how in turn German-Jewish men were able to defy emasculation and adapt – at least temporarily – to their marginalized status as men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eImage and Photo Credits\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Un-soldierly Men? German Jews and Military Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Question of Race and Sex: Jewish Men and Racial Defilement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Jewish Masculinity and the Importance of Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Jewish Husbands and Fathers in the Third Reich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Outside the KZ: Jewish Masculinities and the Arrival of Violence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Inside the KZ: Jewish Masculinities in Prewar Nazi Concentration Camps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716894060824,"sku":"9781487541248","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighter-worker-and-family-man-german-jewish-men-and-their-gendered-experiences-in-nazi-germany-1933-1941-paperback-softback-9781487541248","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}