Manhood and the Making of the Military - Conscription, Military Service and Masculinity in Finland, 1917-39

Informationen zum Autor Dr Anders Ahlbäck is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher in Gender History and Masculinity Studies at Ã…bo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of several articles and essays on masculinity and the military in early twentieth century Finland, and is currently researching anti-military political sentiment and changing notions of male citizenship in the Nordic countries, ca 1900-1940. Klappentext The creation of Finland's national conscription army in the wake of its independence from Russia in 1917 aroused intense but conflicting emotions. This book examines the struggles of a new army to find popular acceptance and support, and explores the ways that images of manhood were used in the controversies. Ahlbÿck places the situation of interwar Finland within a broad European context to reveal the conflicts surrounding compulsory military service and the impact of the Great War on masculinities and constructions of gender. Zusammenfassung The creation of Finland's national conscription army in the wake of its independence from Russia in 1917 aroused intense but confliction emotions. This book examines the struggles of a new army to find popular acceptance and support, and explores the ways that images of manhood were used in the controversies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politics of Conscription; Chapter 3 War Heroes as War Teachers; Chapter 4 Educating the Citizen-Soldier; Chapter 5 Stories and Memories of Soldiering; Chapter 6 Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military;

Product details

• Authors: Anders Ahlback, Anders Ahlbäck
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2014
• EAN: 9781409457497
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-5749-7
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military administration, Modern warfare, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General