Author: Jessica Meyer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047433386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Showcasing the work of both established academics and emerging scholars of the field, this book discusses aspects of British popular culture from the material cultures of food and clothing to the representational cultures of literature and film. The result is an engaging and invigorating re-examination of the First World War and its place in British culture.
British Popular Culture and the First World War
Author: Jessica Meyer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047433386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Showcasing the work of both established academics and emerging scholars of the field, this book discusses aspects of British popular culture from the material cultures of food and clothing to the representational cultures of literature and film. The result is an engaging and invigorating re-examination of the First World War and its place in British culture.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047433386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Showcasing the work of both established academics and emerging scholars of the field, this book discusses aspects of British popular culture from the material cultures of food and clothing to the representational cultures of literature and film. The result is an engaging and invigorating re-examination of the First World War and its place in British culture.
British Culture and the First World War
Author: George Robb
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 113730751X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The First World War has left its imprint on British society and the popular imagination to an extent almost unparalleled in modern history. Its legacy of mass death, mechanized slaughter, propaganda, and disillusionment swept away long-standing romanticized images of warfare, and continues to haunt the modern consciousness. Focusing on the lives of ordinary Britons, George Robb's engaging new study seeks to comprehend what it meant for an entire society to undergo the tremendous shocks and demands of total war; how it attempted to make sense of the conflict, explain it to others, and deal with the war's legacies. British Culture and the First World War - examines the war's impact on ideologies of race, class and gender, the government's efforts to manage news and to promote patriotism, the role of the arts and sciences, and the commemoration of the war in the decades since - Synthesizes much of the best and most recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of the war. - Reclaims a great deal of neglected or forgotten popular cultural sources such as films, cartoons, juvenile literature and pulp fiction. Compact but comprehensive, this accessible and refreshing text is essential reading for anyone interested in British society and culture during the turbulent years of the First World War.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 113730751X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The First World War has left its imprint on British society and the popular imagination to an extent almost unparalleled in modern history. Its legacy of mass death, mechanized slaughter, propaganda, and disillusionment swept away long-standing romanticized images of warfare, and continues to haunt the modern consciousness. Focusing on the lives of ordinary Britons, George Robb's engaging new study seeks to comprehend what it meant for an entire society to undergo the tremendous shocks and demands of total war; how it attempted to make sense of the conflict, explain it to others, and deal with the war's legacies. British Culture and the First World War - examines the war's impact on ideologies of race, class and gender, the government's efforts to manage news and to promote patriotism, the role of the arts and sciences, and the commemoration of the war in the decades since - Synthesizes much of the best and most recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of the war. - Reclaims a great deal of neglected or forgotten popular cultural sources such as films, cartoons, juvenile literature and pulp fiction. Compact but comprehensive, this accessible and refreshing text is essential reading for anyone interested in British society and culture during the turbulent years of the First World War.
Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture during World War I
Author: Clémentine Tholas-Disset
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781137449092
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781137449092
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War.
British Cultural Memory and the Second World War
Author: Lucy Noakes
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441104976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Few historical events have resonated as much in modern British culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and radio, photography and the visual arts, journalism and propaganda, architecture, museums, music and literature. The enduring presence of the war in the public world is echoed in its ongoing centrality in many personal and family memories, with stories of the Second World War being recounted through the generations. This collection brings together recent historical work on the cultural memory of the war, examining its presence in family stories, in popular and material culture and in acts of commemoration in Britain between 1945 and the present.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441104976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Few historical events have resonated as much in modern British culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and radio, photography and the visual arts, journalism and propaganda, architecture, museums, music and literature. The enduring presence of the war in the public world is echoed in its ongoing centrality in many personal and family memories, with stories of the Second World War being recounted through the generations. This collection brings together recent historical work on the cultural memory of the war, examining its presence in family stories, in popular and material culture and in acts of commemoration in Britain between 1945 and the present.
Millions Like Us'?
Author: Visiting Senior Fellow Department of Psychology Nicky Hayes
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853237631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. It covers the way in which cultural provision was viewed by the labour movement and industry.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853237631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. It covers the way in which cultural provision was viewed by the labour movement and industry.
The First World War as a Clash of Cultures
Author: Frederick George Thomas Bridgham
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1571133402
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Contains essays examining the perceived tensions between British and German cultural traditions and beliefs before 1914 and how popular literature, public debate, cultural distinction, and war-time propaganda determined historical, political, and military events leading to war.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1571133402
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Contains essays examining the perceived tensions between British and German cultural traditions and beliefs before 1914 and how popular literature, public debate, cultural distinction, and war-time propaganda determined historical, political, and military events leading to war.
European Culture in the Great War
Author: Aviel Roshwald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521013246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A comparative study of European cultural and social history during the First World War.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521013246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A comparative study of European cultural and social history during the First World War.
Popular Culture in London C.1890-1918
Author: Andrew Horrall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719057830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection reflected an important 'sea change' in British politics; the end of the post-war consensus and the beginnings of the Thatcher era. This book examines the key events surrounding Prentice's transition from a front-line Labour politician to a Conservative minister in the first Thatcher government. It focuses on the shifting political climate in Britain during the 1970s, as the post-war settlement came under pressure from adverse economic conditions, militant trade unionism and an assertive New Left. Prentice's story provides an important case study on the crisis that afflicted social democracy, highlighting Labour's left-right divide and the possibility of a realignment of British politics. This study will be invaluable to anyone interested in the turbulent and transitional nature of British politics during a watershed period.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719057830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection reflected an important 'sea change' in British politics; the end of the post-war consensus and the beginnings of the Thatcher era. This book examines the key events surrounding Prentice's transition from a front-line Labour politician to a Conservative minister in the first Thatcher government. It focuses on the shifting political climate in Britain during the 1970s, as the post-war settlement came under pressure from adverse economic conditions, militant trade unionism and an assertive New Left. Prentice's story provides an important case study on the crisis that afflicted social democracy, highlighting Labour's left-right divide and the possibility of a realignment of British politics. This study will be invaluable to anyone interested in the turbulent and transitional nature of British politics during a watershed period.
Untold War
Author: International Society for First World War Studies. Conference
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004166599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004166599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent."--BOOK JACKET.
The First World War and Popular Cinema
Author: Michael Paris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A comparative analysis of how World War I has been remembered in film. It looks at how national cinemas were mobilised as part of the war effort and at how, subsequently, film makers shaped the memory and legacy of the war in later years. It then takes a comparative approach with case studies on Britain, the United States and Russia, and includes essays which examine the film production of other combatant nations: Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Canada and Poland. The films examined include: All Quiet on the Western Front, Gallipoli, J'Accuse, The Grand Illusion, The Big Parade, Westfront 1918 and Regeneration, as well as lesser-known titles from the period 1920 to 1990.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A comparative analysis of how World War I has been remembered in film. It looks at how national cinemas were mobilised as part of the war effort and at how, subsequently, film makers shaped the memory and legacy of the war in later years. It then takes a comparative approach with case studies on Britain, the United States and Russia, and includes essays which examine the film production of other combatant nations: Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Canada and Poland. The films examined include: All Quiet on the Western Front, Gallipoli, J'Accuse, The Grand Illusion, The Big Parade, Westfront 1918 and Regeneration, as well as lesser-known titles from the period 1920 to 1990.