Erica L Fraser

Military Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union

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Produktbeschreibung

Rearming Masculinity explores military masculinity in the Soviet Union after the catastrophe of the Second World War. Soldiering had to be reimagined and resold to the public, which involved writing women out and re-establishing military identity as the premier form of masculinity in Soviet society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9781442637207
• ISBN-10: 144263720X
• Artikelnr.: 52420280

Autorenporträt

Erica L. Fraser is an instructor in the Department of History at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Soviet Masculinities
The Soviet Union after the War
Sources and Narratives
Part I: Martial Masculinities and the Postwar Armed Forces
Chapter 1. Conscripting Soviet Manhood
    Conscription in War and Peace
    DOSAAF and Young Men in Civilian Defence
    "No One is Interested": Avoiding DOSAAF
    Cataloguing Evasion
    Soldiers without an Army: Khrushchev’s Troop Reductions
    Conclusion
Chapter 2. Looking for Role Models in Education and Literature
    War Orphans and Boyhood at the Suvorov Academies
    Cadets and Community Surveillance of Masculine Behaviour
    Defence Instructors as Surrogate Fathers
    Masculine Role Models in Literature and Film
    Conclusion
Part II: Martial Masculinities Outside the Military during the Early Cold
War
Chapter 3. Gender and Militarism in Foreign Affairs Cartoons
    Sex, Humour, and Visual Culture
    Franco in a Skirt: Cross-dressing and Misogyny
    Assaulting Marianne
    The Soviet Counterpoint
    Conclusion
Chapter 4. Telling Manly Stories About Nuclear Physics
    Masculinity and "Scientific Impotence"
    The Gendered Cold War Workplace
    "Some Kind of God": Rearming a Soviet Prometheus
    Telling Manly Stories
    Conclusion
Chapter 5. Martial Masculinity and the Cosmonaut Brotherhood
    Gendering Sputnik
    Even Martian Girls Want to Date Gagarin
    The Cosmonaut’s Wife
    Cosmonaut Masculinity on Tour
    Conclusion
Conclusion