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This pioneering 2006 volume addresses the question of how Britain's
empire was lived through everyday practices - in church and chapel,
by readers at home, as embodied in sexualities or forms of
citizenship, as narrated in histories - from the eighteenth century
to the present. Leading historians explore the imperial experience
and legacy for those located, physically or imaginatively, 'at
home, ' from the impact of empire on constructions of womanhood,
masculinity and class to its influence in shaping literature,
sexuality, visual culture, consumption and history-writing. They
assess how people thought imperially, not in the sense of political
affiliations for or against empire, but simply assuming it was
there, part of the given world that had made them who they were.
They also show how empire became a contentious focus of attention
at certain moments and in particular ways. This will be essential
reading for scholars and students of modern Britain and its empire
What did it mean to be British during the 'People's War'? Professor Rose uses material from newspapers, diaries, novels and letters to examine popular notions of citizenship on the home front. She shows that what we now mean by 'identity politics' was alive and well in the 1940s and that any singular conception of 'Britishness' was extremely fragile.
This pioneering 2006 volume addresses the question of how Britain's
empire was lived through everyday practices - in church and chapel,
by readers at home, as embodied in sexualities or forms of
citizenship, as narrated in histories - from the eighteenth century
to the present. Leading historians explore the imperial experience
and legacy for those located, physically or imaginatively, 'at
home,' from the impact of empire on constructions of womanhood,
masculinity and class to its influence in shaping literature,
sexuality, visual culture, consumption and history-writing. They
assess how people thought imperially, not in the sense of political
affiliations for or against empire, but simply assuming it was
there, part of the given world that had made them who they were.
They also show how empire became a contentious focus of attention
at certain moments and in particular ways. This will be essential
reading for scholars and students of modern Britain and its empire.
Which People's War? examines how national belonging, or British
national identity, was envisaged in the public culture of the World
War II home front. Using materials from newspapers, magazines,
films, novels, diaries, letters, and all sorts of public documents,
it explores such questions as: who was included as 'British' and
what did it mean to be British? How did the British describe
themselves as a singular people, and what were the consequences of
those depictions? It also examines the several meanings of
citizenship elaborated in various discussions concerning the
British nation at war. This investigation of the powerful
constructions of national identity and understandings of
citizenship circulating in Britain during the Second World War
exposes their multiple and contradictory consequences at the time.
It reveals the fragility of any singular conception of
'Britishness' even during a war that involved the total
mobilization of the country's citizenry and cost 400,000 British
civilian lives.
To date, the history of military and war has focused predominantly
on men as historical agents, disregarding gender and its complex
interrelationships with war and the military. The Oxford Handbook
of Gender, War, and the Western World since 1600 investigates how
conceptions of gender have contributed to the shaping of war and
the military and were transformed by them. Covering the major
periods in warfare since the seventeenth century, the Handbook
focuses on Europe and the long-term processes of colonization and
empire-building in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Thirty-two essays written by leading international scholars explore
the cultural representations of war and the military, war
mobilization, and war experiences at home and on the battle front.
Essays address the gendered aftermath and memories of war, as well
as gendered war violence. Essays also examine movements to regulate
and prevent warfare, the consequences of participation in the
military for citizenship, and challenges to ideals of Western
military masculinity posed by female, gay, and lesbian soldiers and
colonial soldiers of color. The Oxford Handbook of Gender, War, and
the Western World since 1600 Roffers an authoritative account of
the intricate relationships between gender, warfare, and military
culture across time and space.
Gender figured significantly in the industrial, social, and
political transformations of the United Kingdom and Ireland,
France, Germany, and Russia. This book explores its importance
during a period of radical change for the working classes, from
1800 through the 1930s. Collectively, the authors demonstrate how
the study of gender can lead to a new understanding of working
class history. The authors-leading historians, sociologists, and
feminist scholars ask how gender meanings and relations shaped and
were shaped by transformations in areas ranging from the Irish
linen industry to German social policy, from the French labor
movement to Britain's interracial settlements. With special
attention to the importance of language and culture in social life,
they show how political identities are constituted and social
categories created, contested, and changed-and how gender plays a
central role in this process. Contributors: Kathleen Canning,
University of Michigan; Helen Harden Chenut, Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Anna Clark, University of North
Carolina, Charlotte; Judy Coffin, University of Texas, Austin; Jane
Gray, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Republic ofireland; Tessie
P. Llu, Northwestern University; Judith F. Stone, Western Michigan
University; Laura Tabili, University of Arizona; Eric D. Weitz, St.
Olaf College; Elizabeth A. Wood, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
In the massive reorganization of lives and livelihoods that
accompanied industrial capitalism in England, gender was a pivotal
force. Through her analysis of industries ranging from metalworking
and lacemaking to the manufacture of chocolate, Sonya Rose
highlights the ways in which gender distinctions and gender
relations influenced the development of capitalism.
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