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Men in Reserve - British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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Men in Reserve - British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War (Hardcover)
Series: Cultural History of Modern War
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Men in reserve focuses on working class civilian men who, as a
result of working in reserved occupations, were exempt from
enlistment in the armed forces. It uses fifty six newly conducted
oral history interviews as well as autobiographies, visual sources
and existing archived interviews to explore how this group
articulated their wartime experiences and how they positioned
themselves in relation to the hegemonic discourse of military
masculinity. It considers the range of masculine identities
circulating amongst civilian male workers during the war and
investigates the extent to which reserved workers draw upon these
identities when recalling their wartime selves. It argues that the
Second World War was capable of challenging civilian masculinities,
positioning the civilian man below that of the 'soldier hero'
while, simultaneously, reinforcing them by bolstering the capacity
to provide and to earn high wages, frequently in risky and
dangerous work, all which were key markers of masculinity. -- .
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