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Men at Work: The Working Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 (Genders and Sexualities in History)
Linsey Robb
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Description for Men at Work: The Working Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 (Genders and Sexualities in History)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Number of Pages
165
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137527462
SKU
V9781137527462
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Ref
99-15
About Linsey Robb
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.
Reviews for Men at Work: The Working Man in British Culture, 1939-1945 (Genders and Sexualities in History)
“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 ... Read more