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Lucy Noakes - Women in the British Army - 9780415390576 - V9780415390576
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Women in the British Army

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Description for Women in the British Army paperback. Examines women's role in the army and military organizations during the First and Second World Wars, during peacetime, in the interwar era and in the post-war period. This book argues that the women challenged traditional notions of gender and threatened to destabilise clear-cut notions of identity by unsettling the masculine territory of warfare. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBW; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.

In this fascinating, timely and engaging study, Lucy Noakes examines women's role in the army and female military organizations during the First and Second World Wars, during peacetime, in the interwar era and in the post-war period.

Providing a unique examination of women’s struggle for acceptance by the British army, Noakes argues that women in uniform during the first half of the twentieth century challenged traditional notions of gender and threatened to destabilise clear-cut notions of identity by unsettling the masculine territory of warfare. Noakes also examines the tensions that arose as the army attempted to reconcile its need for ... Read more

Drawing on a range of archival sources, including previously unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, newspapers and magazines, Women in the British Army uncovers the gendered discourses of the army to reveal that it was a key site in the formation of male and female identities.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Women's and Gender History
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415390576
SKU
V9780415390576
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lucy Noakes
Lucy Noakes is Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media at the University of Portsmouth. She is author of War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939-1991 (1998).

Reviews for Women in the British Army
‘Noakes’s book offers a good introductionto the history of women in the British army and provides a useful overview for students wishing to familiarize themselves with the array of military tasks British women undertook during the first half of the twentieth century. If male resistance to women’s desire for combat roles comes as no surprise, Noakes nevertheless reminds us that ... Read more

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