This collection seeks to move noncombatant perspectives to center stage, acknowledging their importance, destabilizing the primacy of the combatant, and explaining or undermining the staging of warfare as a singular and acontextual production.

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Yes, you can access Restaging War in the Western World by M. Abbenhuis, S. Buttsworth, M. Abbenhuis,S. Buttsworth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Social History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2009

ISBN

9780230620124

Topic

History

Subtopic

Social History

Index

History

Cover
Contents
List of Figures
Introduction: Onto Center Stage: Warfare in the Western World
1 Gilt Epaulettes for a Gilded Age: Citizen Volunteers and Martial Culture in Post–Civil War New York
2 Patterns from the Guardians of Neutrality: Women Social Democrats in Sweden and Their Resistance against Civil Defense, 1939–1940
3 Bride Ship, Brothel Ship: Conflicting Images of War Brides Arriving in New Zealand in the 1940s
4 Innocence and Punishment: The War Experiences of the Children of Dutch Nazi Collaborators
5 The Child Soldier in Literature or How Johnny Tremain Became Johnny Mad Dog
6 From Bedpans to Bulldogs: Lottie: Gallipoli Nurse and the Pitfalls of Presenting War to the Young
7 “We Aren’t Playing That Passive Role Any Longer”: American Women’s Protest of the Vietnam War
8 Mixed Messages: Gender, Peace, and the Mainstream Media in Australia, 1983–1984
9 The War at Home: Toys, Media, and Play as War Work
Notes on Contributors
Index