Dismembering the Male Men's Bodies, Britain, and the Great War

Name: Dismembering the Male Men's Bodies, Britain, and the Great War
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ISBN: 9780226067469

ISBN-10: 0226067467

ISBN-13: 9780226067469

Edition: 1996

Authors: Joanna Bourke

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Some historians contend that femininity was "disrupted, constructed and reconstructed" during World War I, but what happened to masculinity? Using the evidence of letters, diaries, and oral histories of members of the military and of civilians, as well as contemporary photographs and government propoganda, Dismembering the Male explores the impact of the First World War on the male body. Each chapter explores a different facet of the war and masculinity in depth. Joanna Bourke discovers that those who were dismembered and disabled by the war were not viewed as passive or weak, like their civilian counterparts, but were the focus of much government and public sentiment. Those suffering from…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English