2013
DOI: 10.7765/9781847791542
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Contesting home defence

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“…46 Peniston-Bird similarly argues that 'remaining on the home front rendered a male vulnerable to both accusations of cowardice and assumptions about his physical fitness', 47 while Penny Summerfield and Peniston-Bird note that men in the Home Guard were often culturally portrayed as overweight, bookish or 'playing' at being soldiers which distanced them from the masculine ideal of the 'soldier hero'. 48 This strong link between masculinity and the military, and the concomitant link between civilian status and emasculation, therefore raises questions about the masculine identities of men who could not fulfil this role, a theme which is explored in the remainder of this book.…”
Section: Masculinity and Warmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…46 Peniston-Bird similarly argues that 'remaining on the home front rendered a male vulnerable to both accusations of cowardice and assumptions about his physical fitness', 47 while Penny Summerfield and Peniston-Bird note that men in the Home Guard were often culturally portrayed as overweight, bookish or 'playing' at being soldiers which distanced them from the masculine ideal of the 'soldier hero'. 48 This strong link between masculinity and the military, and the concomitant link between civilian status and emasculation, therefore raises questions about the masculine identities of men who could not fulfil this role, a theme which is explored in the remainder of this book.…”
Section: Masculinity and Warmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…28 Moreover, such an overtly derogatory portrayal clearly had an impact on the men of the AFS. Early in the war some AFS members resigned because of their poor treatment and low standing.…”
Section: Firefighting Early In the Warmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fires Were Started and The Bells Go Down both include a selection of English accents, with a range of regional accents and social classes, as well at least one Welsh and Scottish character therefore attempting to create an image of the entire nation working together against the Luftwaffe's onslaught, a device also used in the depiction of the merchant service, female industrial workers and the ATS. 64 Moreover, they were shown to have traits readily associated with the idealised British citizen. For example, firemen were often depicted as stoic.…”
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“…805 Risikoen for discomposure opstår blandt andet i de tilfaelde, hvor fortaelleren har svaert ved at passe egne erfaringer og erindringer ind i de kulturelt dominerende fortaellinger i form af klichéer, fordomme og stereotyper. 806 Disse kulturelt konstituerede forestillinger kan frustrere konstruktionen af en stabil identitet ved at haemme udfoldelsen af fortaellingens plot og sammenhaeng og den mening, som fortaelleren tillaegger fortiden. 807 Konkret undersøger jeg søfolkenes forhandlinger af de klichéer, fordomme og stereotyper, som de møder blandt familie, kollegaer og venner i land, hos rederiet de arbejder for, hos mig som interviewer og i populaerkulturelle fremstillinger.…”
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