Dismembering the Male: - Men's Bodies, Britain and the Great War

Informationen zum Autor Joanna Bourke is Professor Emerita of History at Birkbeck, University of London, a Fellow of the British Academy, and OBE. She is also the Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College. Her many books include Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022). Joanna Bourke is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric (until 2023). Her many books include The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers (2014) and War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict (2017). Klappentext Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Zusammenfassung Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the ‘war to end all wars’ on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages.

Product details

• Authors: Bourke, Joanna Bourke, Joanne Bourke, Professor Joanna Bourke, Tom Moore
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1999
• EAN: 9781861890351
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-035-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Picturing History; Picturing History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Warfare & defence, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Warfare and defence, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I