This series delves into the intricate and evolving relationships between gender and sexuality across diverse historical periods and cultures. Each volume offers deep insights into how these fundamental aspects of human experience have been shaped by social, political, and religious forces. It critically examines issues of identity, power, and social norms, providing a nuanced understanding of the past.
Exploring how understandings of masculinity were constructed by British First World war servicemen through examination of their personal narratives, including letters home from the front and wartime diaries. This book presents a nuanced investigation of masculine identity in Britain during and after the First World War.
This groundbreaking volume explores the arc of sexual violence in 20th-century Europe, from the Armenian genocide to Bosnia. It integrates military history with sexuality, presenting stories of romance alongside accounts of violence. The book broadens the historical narrative to include colonial and border areas, offering new insights into this complex topic.
Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts.
The book delves into the construction of masculinity among British servicemen during the First World War by analyzing personal narratives such as letters and diaries. It offers a nuanced exploration of how these experiences shaped masculine identity in Britain, both during the war and in its aftermath, highlighting the complexities and variations in men's perceptions of themselves and their roles.
This book offers a vivid portrayal of family life in Nazi Germany during and after WWII, showcasing personal stories from letters and diaries. It reveals how families maintained and even strengthened their emotional bonds amid extreme conditions, resisting the pressures of Nazism and emerging resilient in the postwar world.