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This chapter contends that women’s stories tend to be obscured and silenced by patriarchal canons of resistance. Firstly, it explains how the exaggerated emphasis on traditional definitions of resistance, seen as direct fighting or armed activities, has rendered women invisible in historical accounts. Secondly, it claims that the foregrounding of a few exceptional women who participated in armed combat or in leadership positions equal to men has effectively perpetuated the discrimination against female resisters. Thirdly, the chapter argues for the need to redefine the core term of resistance and to broaden its spectrum to include women’s activities such as hiding fugitives, rescuing children and courier work, to name just a few.
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Lewis, I. (2017). Invisible Resistance: Women’s Contribution. In: Women in European Holocaust Films. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65061-6_5
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