Love and romance in Britain, 1918-1970 /

The new histories of love and romance within this edited collection illustrate changes (and indeed continuities) in understandings of affection, intimacy and sex from the First World War until the beginning of the Women's Liberation movement. Both established and emerging scholars contribute to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harris, Alana, 1973-, Jones, Timothy Willem, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Colección:Genders and sexualities in history.
Temas:
Sex > Great Britain > History.
Courtship > Great Britain > History.
Love > Great Britain > History.
Man-woman relationships > Great Britain > History.
Interpersonal relations > Great Britain > History.
Sexualité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Amours > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Amour > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism > c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)
First World War > c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Courtship
Interpersonal relations
Love
Man-woman relationships
Sex
History.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Historicizing 'Modern' Love and Romance; Timothy Willem Jones and Alana Harris
  • PART I: IDENTITIES AND THE SPACES OF THEIR ARTICULATION
  • 1. Love and Romance in British Women's Autobiography; Barbara Caine
  • 2. The Perfect Man: Fatherhood, Masculinity and Romance in Popular Culture in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; Laura King
  • 3. Love, Sex, Work and Friendship: Northern, Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Helen Smith
  • 4. 'A Certain Amount of Mush': Love, Romance, Celluloid and Wax in the Mid-Twentieth Century'; Stephen Brooke
  • PART II: LOVE ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE: GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MARRIAGE, SEX AND SOLE PARENTHOOD
  • 5. Love Beyond the Frame: Stories of Maternal Love Outside Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s; April Gallwey
  • 6. Love, Honour and Obey? Romance, Subordination and Marital Subjectivity in Interwar Britain; Timothy Willem Jones
  • 7. Love in Later Life: Old Age, Marriage and Social Research in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; Charlotte Greenhalgh
  • PART III: LOVE AND THE 'EXPERTS': SCIENCE, MORALITY AND THE STATE
  • 8. 'The Love of a Pitiable Dog': Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth Century British Psychology; Gillian Swanson
  • 9. Love Divine and Love Sublime: The Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, the Marriage Guidance Movement and the State; Alana Harris
  • 10. Nova 1965-1970: Love, Masculinity and Feminism, But Not As We Know It; Hera Cook
  • Afterword; Claire Langhamer
  • Index
  • List of Figures.

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