Men at Work

The Working Man in British Culture, 1939¿1945
Herausgegeben:Robb, Linsey

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Produktbeschreibung

Men at Work explores the cultural portrayal of four essential wartime occupations: agriculture, industry, firefighting and the mercantile marine. In analysing a broad spectrum of wartime media (most notably film, radio and visual culture) it establishes a clear hierarchy of masculine roles in British culture during the Second World War.

Produktdetails

• Genders and Sexualities in History
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-52746-2
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781137527462
• ISBN-10: 1137527463
• Artikelnr.: 42802317

Autorenporträt

Linsey Robb is a cultural and social historian based at the University of Strathclyde, UK. She has predominantly published on the representations, experiences and memories of civilian men during the Second World War.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Finding the Lost Working Man 2. Digging for Victory: Farming in Wartime
Culture 3. The Attack Begins in the Factory: The Male Industrial Worker in
Wartime Culture 4. Heroes on the Home Front: Firefighting in Wartime
Culture 5. For Those in Peril on the Sea: the Merchant Navy in Wartime
Culture 6. All In It Together?: Reflections on the Masculine Hierarchy

Rezensionen

"Robb's book does what many other studies of war and masculinity do not: it engages with the combined presence (or absence) of men and women, thus exploring gender relations rather than merely studying men and manhood. ... Men at Work thus recovers the history of civilian men during the war for the benefit of historians of masculinity and illustrates the way that the war changed popular representations of men. ... a valuable contribution to the history of masculinities and war." (Mark Rothery, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 52 (1), January, 2017)

"Working to fill a gap in the knowledge of men's experiences on the home front, historian Robb (Univ. of Strathclyde) explores how civilian men were portrayed to the British populace. ... This book helps readers see that men were at home and providing important support for the wareffort. ... this is undoubtedly a useful contribution to the studies of masculinity and WW II. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (R. J. Bates, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)