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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking study of the complex relationship between war, gender, and citizenship in Great Britain during World War I, Nicoletta Gullace shows how the assault on civilian masculinity led directly to women's suffrage.
Trade Review'Well-written, lively and convincing' - Bertrand Taithe, War in History
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: PROPAGANDA AND THE PUBLIC MIND The Rape of Belgium and Wartime Imagination The Making of Tommy Atkins: Masculinity, Propaganda and the Triumph of Family Values Redrawing the Boundaries of the Private Sphere: Patriotic Motherhood and the Raising of Kitchener's Armies PART II: SHAMING RITUALS AND SEXUAL IDENTITY The Order of the White Feather Conscription, Conscience, and the Travails of Male Citizenship 'Reinventing Womanhood: Sufragettes and the Great War for Citizenship PART III: THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF LAW The Power of Sacrifice: 'Physical Force' and Women's Work Votes for Whom?: The Ideological Origins of the Representation of the People Bill
