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Love and Romance in Britain, 1918 - 1970 / edited by A. Harris, T. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Genders and Sexualities in History, 2730-9487
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex.
- Social history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History, Modern.
- Military history.
- Imperialism.
- Gender Studies.
- Social History.
- History of World War II and the Holocaust.
- Modern History.
- Military History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender Studies.
- Social History.
- History of World War II and the Holocaust.
- Modern History.
- Military History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The new histories of love and romance offered within this edited collection illustrate the many changes, but also the surprising continuities in understandings of love, romance, affection, intimacy and sex from the First World War until the beginning of the Women's Liberation movement.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Historicizing 'Modern' Love and Romance; 1 Love and Romance in Interwar British Women's Autobiography; 2 The Perfect Man: Fatherhood, Masculinity and Romance in Popular Culture in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; 3 Love, Sex, Work and Friendship: Northern, Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century; 4 'A Certain Amount of Mush': Love, Romance, Celluloid and Wax in the Mid-Twentieth Century
- 5 Love Beyond the Frame: Stories of Maternal Love Outside Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s6 Love, Honour and Obey? Romance, Subordination and Marital Subjectivity in Interwar Britain; 7 Love in Later Life: Old Age, Marriage and Social Research in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; 8 'The Love of a Pitiable Dog': Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth-Century British Social Psychology; 9 Love Divine and Love Sublime: The Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, the Marriage Guidance Movement and the State; 10 Nova 1965-1970: Love, Masculinity and Feminism, but Not as We Know It
- AfterwordSelect Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781349460434
- 1349460435
- 9781137328632
- 1137328630
- OCLC:
- 894964594
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