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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458900403321

Titolo

British popular culture and the First World War [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jessica Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06087-6

9786613060877

90-474-3338-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

History of warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; v. 48

Altri autori (Persone)

MeyerJessica

Disciplina

940.3/41

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain

Popular culture - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Collective memory - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Trench cultures -- pt. 2. Women and culture -- pt. 3. Memorial cultures -- pt. 4. Cultures of memory.

Sommario/riassunto

Much of the scholarship examining British culture of the First World War focuses on the 'high' culture of a limited number of novels, memoirs, plays and works of art, and the cultural reaction to them. This collection, by focusing on the cultural forms produced by and for a much wider range of social groups, including veterans, women, museum visitors and film goers, greatly expands the debate over how the war was represented by participants and the meanings ascribed to it in cultural production. Showcasing the work of both established academics and emerging scholars of the field, this book covers aspects of British popular culture from the material cultures of food and clothing to the representational cultures of literature and film. The result is an engaging and invigorating re-examination of the First World War and its place in British culture. Contributors are: Keith Grieves, Rachel Duffett, Jane Tynan, Krisztina Robert, Lucy Noakes, Stella Moss, Carol Acton, Douglas Higbee, John Pegum, Eugene Michail, Victoria Stewart, Virginie Renard, Claudia Sternberg, Richard Espley and



Stephen Badsey. Erratum Introduction, Jessica Meyer, page 11 in the first sentence of the second paragraph, for 'talke' read 'talk.'