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Article: Mothers, Warriors, Guardians of the Soul: Female Discourse in National Socialism 1924-1934.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2005
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Mothers, Warriors, Guardians of the Soul: Female Discourse in National Socialism 1924-1934. By GERALDINE THERESA HORAN. (Studia Linguistica Germanica, 68) Berlin and New York: de Gruyter. 2003. 350 pp. 94 [euro] p. ISBN 3-11-017232-1.
According to the author, the object of this study is the 'language use (in written form) of a specified group of individuals, in this case defined by their gender, their organisational loyalties and political involvement [i.e. women who actively supported National Socialism], analysed in its socio-historical context, with acknowledgment of the social constraints and power constellations forming and maintaining it' (pp. 4-5). She ...