Men of war
Subtitle: masculinity and the First World War in Britain
By: Jessica Meyer.
Series: Genders and sexualities in history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780230222014
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects; Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Men -- Identity
Description: Exploring how understandings of masculinity were constructed by British First World War servicemen through examination of their personal narratives including letters home from the front and wartime diaries, this book presents an investigation of masculine identity in Britain during and after the First World War.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge University, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Writing home : men's letters from the front; title: Wartime diaries; title: Remembering the heroic dead : letters of condolence; title: "Fit only for light work" : disabled ex-servicemen and the struggle for post-war masculinity; title: "The very basic test of manhood" : war memoirs and the remembering of martial masculinities.