Masculinities on Clydeside: men in reserved occupations during the Second World War

"Masculinities on Clydeside explores the experiences of civilian men on Clydeside during the war, using oral history interviews as a means to explore subjectivity and arguing for continuous personal agency through major historical changes. While men in reserved occupations are understood as ext...

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Main Author: Chand, Alison (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2018]
Series:Scottish historical review monographs series 25
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Summary:"Masculinities on Clydeside explores the experiences of civilian men on Clydeside during the war, using oral history interviews as a means to explore subjectivity and arguing for continuous personal agency through major historical changes. While men in reserved occupations are understood as extensively influenced by 'imagined' discourses, often resulting in feelings of guilt and emasculation, their subjectivities were nonetheless ultimately rooted in their 'lived' and immediate local vicinities, and the people and places of their everyday lives. This ultimate relevance of lived existence and the everyday also meant that while wartime relations between men and women were clearly shaped by a range of gender discourses and continually renegotiated, gender boundaries were never fixed or truly separate. The analysis looks at wider subjectivities, encompassing national and political identities, class consciousness, religious subjectivities and social activities, as well as examining women's experiences of working in reserved occupations in wartime and their interactions with civilian men"...Publisher description
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-156) and index
Physical Description:163 Seiten Illustrationen, 2 Karten 25 cm
ISBN:9781474409360

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