Working Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921 by Claire A. Culleton - 9780312225414 - Compare Prices on New & Used Textbooks, Cheap Textbooks

This history "from below" studies the cultural and social consequences of British working class women’s practical engagement in the First World War. As such, it aims to transform our understanding of the nature and scope of "war" as a cultural and social category, one that constructs myths of class and gender solidarity, while manipulating class loyalties, and fueling class distinctions and divisions. Because cultural identity is always mediated by class and by material conditions, an examination of the lives, oral narratives, factory newspapers and other writings of working class women proves that during and after the First World War these women were transforming Britain’s cultural politics. Culleton’s book both investigates a wide array of cultural materials hitherto ignored and explores in detail the material culture of women workers during World War I.

		Working Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921 by Claire A. Culleton ISBN-10: 9780312225414 ISBN-10: 0-312-22541-5 ISBN-13: 9780312225414 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-22541-4 Hardcover 2000-02-05 Palgrave Macmillan Find Lowest Price
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Product Description This history "from below" studies the cultural and social consequences of British working class women’s practical engagement in the First World War. As such, it aims to transform our understanding of the nature and scope of "war" as a cultural and social category, one that constructs myths of class and gender solidarity, while manipulating class loyalties, and fueling class distinctions and divisions. Because cultural identity is always mediated by class and by material conditions, an examination of the lives, oral narratives, factory newspapers and other writings of working class women proves that during and after the First World War these women were transforming Britain’s cultural politics. Culleton’s book both investigates a wide array of cultural materials hitherto ignored and explores in detail the material culture of women workers during World War I.
Book Description This history "from below" studies the cultural and social consequences of British working class women’s practical engagement in the First World War. As such, it aims to transform our understanding of the nature and scope of "war" as a cultural and social category, one that constructs myths of class and gender solidarity, while manipulating class loyalties, and fueling class distinctions and divisions. Because cultural identity is always mediated by class and by material conditions, an examination of the lives, oral narratives, factory newspapers and other writings of working class women proves that during and after the First World War these women were transforming Britain’s cultural politics. Culleton’s book both investigates a wide array of cultural materials hitherto ignored and explores in detail the material culture of women workers during World War I.
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Just what we need to hear about working class women and war This is a great book. It is well researched and carefully argued. Class (Not to Mention Gender) is often elided or ignored in war histories; this treatment helps revise the way we think and write about women's cultural roles during wartime, and is an especially timely reminder that working women have been active and articulate participants in antiwar movements.
This book is a must buy! This book is brilliant--informative, well researched, historical, literary. Culleton has done all women, all veterans of wars, and all people who examine issues of class in the hopes of moving towards a more just society a great service by crafting such a fine work. I recommend it absolutely.
Extraordinary. This is an extraordinary book that is quite relevant to our understanding of this historical episode and women's cultural roles in Britain during the Great War. An amazing amount of research. An interesting and engaging read.
In good company! This books rests among good company as one of the finer works that theorizes women's work and culture during War. It is rigorously researched and beautifully written.
Blake's Review Unrelavent to the social and political situation in Britain at the time, scattered information and no attribution.