- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Campbell, Caroline, 1977-
- Published
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2015
- Locale
- France
- Contents
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Introduction : republicanism, imperialism, and political and social action in metropolitan France and the empire
The culture of war and the masculine world of the early Croix de feu, 1927-1934
Building a social action movement : women, Catholicism, and the Croix de feu/PSF's social first! strategy, 1934-1939
Challenges to women's autonomy and authority : health, financing, and civic action
1934-1939
Transforming French physical culture : social Darwinism, bodily fitness, and gender, 1934-1939
Women, race, and culture in the Croix de feu/PSF : entertainment, enlightenment values, and the civilizing mission, 1934-1939
Social and political action in North Africa : the fascism of the Croix de feu/PSF in the French Maghreb, 1927-1940
"The army of the good" : Vichy and the feminization of the Croix de feu/PSF, 1939-1945
Conclusion : gender, race, and empire in the sociocultural action of the Croix de feu/PSF.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : republicanism, imperialism, and political and social action in metropolitan France and the empire -- The culture of war and the masculine world of the early Croix de feu, 1927-1934 -- Building a social action movement : women, Catholicism, and the Croix de feu/PSF's social first! strategy, 1934-1939 -- Challenges to women's autonomy and authority : health, financing, and civic action -- 1934-1939 -- Transforming French physical culture : social Darwinism, bodily fitness, and gender, 1934-1939 -- Women, race, and culture in the Croix de feu/PSF : entertainment, enlightenment values, and the civilizing mission, 1934-1939 -- Social and political action in North Africa : the fascism of the Croix de feu/PSF in the French Maghreb, 1927-1940 -- "The army of the good" : Vichy and the feminization of the Croix de feu/PSF, 1939-1945 -- Conclusion : gender, race, and empire in the sociocultural action of the Croix de feu/PSF.
