Men at work
Subtitle: the working man in British culture, 1939-1945
By: Linsey Robb
Series: Genders and sexualities in history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137527462
Subjects: Work; Working class; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; Employment; Popular culture; Men; Economic conditions; Masculinity; World War, 1939-1945; Social conditions; HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; History
Description: "A total war like the Second World War could not be won by soldiers, sailors and airmen alone. Men were required to till the fields, to manufacture munitions, to traverse the oceans with cargoes and to combat the ravages of the Luftwaffe's onslaught. As such, millions of British men of fighting age were not in uniform. These men were central to victory. However, in a culture in which almost exclusively lauded the armed forces hero how was the vital work of these men portrayed to the British populace? Through an analysis of commercial cinema, radio broadcasts, print media as well as overt state propaganda, in conjunction with extensive archival research, Men at Work explores this very question"--
Table of contents: title: 1. Finding the Lost Working Man; title: 2. Digging for Victory : Farming in Wartime Culture; title: 3. The Attack Begins in the Factory : The Male Industrial Worker in Wartime Culture; title: 4. Heroes on the Home Front : Firefighting in Wartime Culture; title: 5. For Those in Peril on the Sea : the Merchant Navy in Wartime Culture; title: 6. All In It Together? : Reflections on the Masculine Hierarchy.