Topic > The role of women in Nira Yuval-Davis '' Gender and...

Yuval-Davis states that “If Woman does not want to be a Mother, the Nation is on the verge of dying. The mothers of the nation, women as a whole, are the titans of our struggle” (1). Yuval-Davis explains how women are much more than simply biological reproducers of a nation: they are the embodiment of a nation's struggles and the figures who undergo great sacrifices for their nation. The emphasis on using women as a representation of mothers to educate children in Czech culture refers to a type of social order for the Czech population