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"The land of my dreams": the gendered utopian dreams and disenchantment of British literary ex-combatants of the Great War
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Cullen, Stephen Michael (2011) "The land of my dreams": the gendered utopian dreams and disenchantment of British literary ex-combatants of the Great War. Cultural & Social History, Vol.8 (No.2). pp. 195-211. ISSN 1478-0038
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/147800411X12949180694344
Abstract
The last two decades have seen a slow shift in the academic understanding of the impact of the Great War on concepts of gender in interwar Britain. The work of a small group of cultural historians, following in the footsteps of Rosa Maria Bracco, has challenged existing interpretations of the cultural impact of the Great War on concepts of gender. The argument that the wartime advances made by women in Great War in Britain, allied to combatant trauma, resulted in a crisis of masculinity and a related heightening of misogyny, has been questioned by one that challenges the notion of a crisis of masculinity, stresses continuity in gender constructs, and develops a more complex picture of cultural responses to the war.
| Item Type: | Submitted Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bracco, Rosa Maria, Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, English literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century, Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936, Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952, Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cultural & Social History |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| ISSN: | 1478-0038 |
| Date: | 9 June 2011 |
| Volume: | Vol.8 |
| Number: | No.2 |
| Page Range: | pp. 195-211 |
| Identification Number: | 10.2752/147800411X12949180694344 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/2731 |
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