"Žižka, Not Švejk" War Memory and Masculinity among Czech Veterans of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Interwar Czechoslovakia

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"Žižka, Not Švejk" War Memory and Masculinity among Czech Veterans of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Interwar Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The traditional image of war remembrance in interwar Czechoslovakia usually involves a “culture of victory” celebrating the new republic, with the Czechoslovak Legion in a prominent position regarding the successful fight for freedom. However, large swathes of the Czech-speaking majority (German or other speakers notwithstanding) suffered from what can be almost equaled with a “culture of defeat”, as 90% of Czech-speaking veterans had only served in the Austro-Hungarian military during the war. While their plight has received some attention in the historical writing over the recent years, the chapter aims to show how gender identity has played an important role in the way these men re-remembered and re-invented their past during 1920s and 1930s in a way that would put their experience closer to the official “culture of victory” and enable them to reclaim their sense of masculinity through positive images of their military past. Over the course of analysis based mostly on published reflections, memoirs, and articles in veterans´ association press, the text identifies popular literary representations, the Great Depression, and the 1930s international politics, as well as shifts in individual experience of masculine identities as key factors influencing the way Czech-speaking veterans dealt with their past.

Název v anglickém jazyce

"Žižka, Not Švejk" War Memory and Masculinity among Czech Veterans of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Interwar Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

The traditional image of war remembrance in interwar Czechoslovakia usually involves a “culture of victory” celebrating the new republic, with the Czechoslovak Legion in a prominent position regarding the successful fight for freedom. However, large swathes of the Czech-speaking majority (German or other speakers notwithstanding) suffered from what can be almost equaled with a “culture of defeat”, as 90% of Czech-speaking veterans had only served in the Austro-Hungarian military during the war. While their plight has received some attention in the historical writing over the recent years, the chapter aims to show how gender identity has played an important role in the way these men re-remembered and re-invented their past during 1920s and 1930s in a way that would put their experience closer to the official “culture of victory” and enable them to reclaim their sense of masculinity through positive images of their military past. Over the course of analysis based mostly on published reflections, memoirs, and articles in veterans´ association press, the text identifies popular literary representations, the Great Depression, and the 1930s international politics, as well as shifts in individual experience of masculine identities as key factors influencing the way Czech-speaking veterans dealt with their past.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Erinnerungsbilder und Gedächtniskonstruktionen Fallstudien zum Erbe des Ersten Weltkriegs in Zentraleuropa (1918–1939)

ISBN

978-3-593-51848-0

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

85-106

Počet stran knihy

258

Název nakladatele

Campus Verlag

Místo vydání

Frankfurt / New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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