Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War

Assesses male identities, roles and representations during the Second World WarBrings together cutting-edge research examining both military and civilian experiences of wartime
Provides an overview of recent research in the subject area of masculinities and warfare

Assesses male identities, roles and representations during the Second World War Brings together cutting-edge research examining both military and civilian experiences of wartime Provides an overview of recent research in the subject area of masculinities and warfare Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur

Linsey Robb is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, UK, and is a social and cultural historian specialising in the study of gender in the Second World War. Key publications include Men at Work (Palgrave, 2015), and Men in Reserve (2017), co-authored with Juliette Pattinson and Arthur McIvor. She is currently researching British conscientious objection during the Second World War.
Juliette Pattinson is Reader at the University of Kent, UK, and a gender historian specialising in the Second World War. Key publications include Behind Enemy Lines (2007), Men in Reserve (2017) and three co-edited collections: Fighting for Britain? (2015), British Cultural Memory and the Second World War (2014) and War in a Twilight World (2010).

Contenu
Chapter 1. 'Masculinities at war: men and male culture in the Second World War'; Linsey Robb and Juliette Pattinson.- Part One: The 'Soldier Hero'.- Chapter 2. 'Fantasies of the soldier hero, frustrations of the Jedburghs'; Juliette Pattinson.- Chapter 3. 'Man, lunatic or corpse: fear, wounding and death in the British Army, 1939-45'; Emma Newlands.- Chapter 4. 'Pinky Smith looks gorgeous!: female impersonators and male bonding in prisoner of war camps for British servicemen in Europe'; Clare Makepeace.- Chapter 5. 'Becoming A Man during the Battle of Britain: combat, masculinity and rites of passage in the memoirs of The Few'; Frances Houghton.- Part Two: The Home Front Man.- Chapter 6. 'Rebuilding real men: work and working class male civilian bodies in wartime'; Arthur McIvor.- Chapter 7. 'Bright chaps for hush-hush jobs: masculinity, class and civilians in uniform at Bletchley Park'; Chris Smith.- Chapter 8. 'The Cushy Number: civilian men in British post-war representations of the Second World War'; Linsey Robb.- Chapter 9. 'Commemorating invisible men: reserved occupations in bronze and stone'; Corinna Peniston-Bird.- Index.