The Corporeal Continuation of the Holocaust: A Look at Miscarriages
The Corporeal Continuation of the Holocaust: A Look at Miscarriages
Author(s): Alexandra M. SzabóSubject(s): Social history, Gender history, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: Women and the Holocaust; gendered experiences; gender analysis; pregnancy; miscarriages; Jewish women
Summary/Abstract: Scholarship on women’s experiences is recently surfacing to understand a broader and more nuanced picture of Holocaust history. This case study wishes to add to the currently emerging interpretations of gendered experiences through the events of miscarriages that persecuted women experienced before, during, and after the Shoah. While the topic of miscarriages is only a segment of the larger subject of pregnancy, this research aims to offer a methodological example of including corporeal experiences into the gender analysis of the examined time period. This case study thus presents its relevance in bearing the ability to alter previous scholarly understanding on the demographics of Jewish communities after 1945 by showing that women’s reproductive and fertility experiences have not been included in social scientific discussions.
Journal: The Hungarian historical review : new series of Acta Historica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 9/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 408-429
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English