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Autore: | Robb Linsey <1986-> |
Titolo: | Men at Work [[electronic resource] ] : The Working Man in British Culture, 1939–1945 / / edited by Linsey Robb |
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.: | 9910808548603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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