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Art, Propaganda and Aerial Warfare in Britain during the Second World War (Paperback)
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Art, Propaganda and Aerial Warfare in Britain during the Second World War (Paperback)
Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History
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The War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC) were responsible for the
production of some of the most iconic images of the Second World
War. Despite its rich historical value, this collection has been
poorly utilised by historians and hasn't been subjected to the
levels of analysis afforded to other forms of wartime culture. This
innovative study addresses this gap by bringing official war art
into dialogue with the social, economic and military histories of
the Second World War. Rebecca Searle explores the tensions between
the documentarist and propagandistic roles of the WAAC in their
representation of aerial warfare in the battle for production, the
Battle of Britain, the Blitz and the bombing of Germany. Her
analyses demonstrate that whilst there was a strong correlation
between war art and propaganda, the WAAC depicted many aspects of
experience that were absent from wartime propaganda, such as class
divisions within the services, gendered hierarchies within
industries, civilian death and the true nature of the bombing of
Germany. In addition, she shows that propagandistic constructions
were not entirely separate from lived experience, but reflected
experience and shaped the way that individuals made sense of the
war. Accessibly written, highly illustrated and packed with
valuable examples of the use of war art as historical source, this
book will enhance our understanding of the social and cultural
history of Britain during the Second World War.
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