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We know that conflict, and people''s memory of it, profoundly shapes both individual selfhoods and social identities. War and the British explores key ideas of British collective nationhood and personal identity, and in particular shines an important spotlight on the impact of gender on Britain''s national consciousness, from the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the end of the Gulf War in 1991.

This book builds on current historiography by examining how notions about gender shaped the experiences of the war and how it was remembered in the collective public consciousness. It argues that, despite women''s wartime role in ''total war'', men in the armed forces were encouraged to regard themselves as being bound together in unity by masculinity and common experience, while women remained individuals with prime responsibilities to home and family. As Lucy Noakes shows, during the Second World War, the British government ensured that lipstick and corsets were never scarc

War and the British

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 29 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9781350350915
      978-1350350915
      ISBN-10 1350350915

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      We know that conflict, and people''s memory of it, profoundly shapes both individual selfhoods and social identities. War and the British explores key ideas of British collective nationhood and personal identity, and in particular shines an important spotlight on the impact of gender on Britain''s national consciousness, from the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the end of the Gulf War in 1991.

      This book builds on current historiography by examining how notions about gender shaped the experiences of the war and how it was remembered in the collective public consciousness. It argues that, despite women''s wartime role in ''total war'', men in the armed forces were encouraged to regard themselves as being bound together in unity by masculinity and common experience, while women remained individuals with prime responsibilities to home and family. As Lucy Noakes shows, during the Second World War, the British government ensured that lipstick and corsets were never scarc

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