Men at Work [[electronic resource] ] : The Working Man in British Culture, 1939–1945 / / edited by Linsey Robb

• Autore: Robb Linsey <1986->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.38/23094109044
• Soggetto topico: Social history; Great Britain—History; World War, 1939-1945; History, Modern; Sociology; Ethnology—Europe; Social History; History of Britain and Ireland; History of World War II and the Holocaust; Modern History; Gender Studies; British Culture
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social conditions 20th century
• Classificazione: HIS015000HIS027100HIS037070
• Persona (resp. second.): RobbLinsey
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Finding the Lost Working Man -- 2. Digging for Victory : Farming in Wartime Culture -- 3. The Attack Begins in the Factory : The Male Industrial Worker in Wartime Culture -- 4. Heroes on the Home Front : Firefighting in Wartime Culture -- 5. For Those in Peril on the Sea : the Merchant Navy in Wartime Culture -- 6. All In It Together? : Reflections on the Masculine Hierarchy.
• Sommario/riassunto: Men at Work explores the cultural portrayal of four essential wartime occupations: agriculture, industry, firefighting and the mercantile marine. In analysing a broad spectrum of wartime media (most notably film, radio and visual culture) it establishes a clear hierarchy of masculine roles in British culture during the Second World War.
• Titolo autorizzato: Men at Work
• ISBN: 1-137-52747-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797652403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Genders and Sexualities in History, . 2730-9479