Sport and the home front : wartime Britain at play, 1939-45 / Matthew Taylor.
ISBN
9780429277641 electronic book
0429277644 electronic book
9781000070378 electronic book
1000070379 electronic book
9781000070880 electronic book
1000070883 electronic book
9781000071368 electronic book
1000071367 electronic book
9780367229252 hardcover
0429277644 electronic book
9781000070378 electronic book
1000070379 electronic book
9781000070880 electronic book
1000070883 electronic book
9781000071368 electronic book
1000071367 electronic book
9780367229252 hardcover
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
©2020
©2020
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages).
Dizi
Routledge studies in modern British history
İçindekiler Notu
Sport, the government and civilian morale -- Carrying on? : sports clubs in wartime -- Sport, space and locality -- Work, fitness and play -- Sport and everyday life in wartime -- Broadcasting wartime sport -- Sport, war and nation.
Özet, vb.
"Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World War. It explores the complex and contested treatment of sport in government policy, media representations and the everyday lives of wartime citizens. Acknowledged as a core component of British culture, sport was also frequently criticised, marginalised and downplayed, existing in a constant state of tension between notions of normality and exceptionality, routine and disruption and the everyday and the extraordinary. The author argues that sport played an important, yet hitherto neglected, role in maintaining the morale of the British people and providing a reassuring sense of familiarity at a time of mass anxiety and threat. Through the conflict, sport became increasingly regarded as characteristic of Britishness; a symbol of the 'ordinary' everyday lives in defence of which the war was being fought. Utilised to support the welfare of war workers, the entertainment of service personnel at home and abroad and the character formation of schoolchildren and young citizens, sport permeated wartime culture, contributing to new ways in which the British imagined the past, present and future. Using a wide range of personal and public records - from diary writing and club minute books to government archives - this book breaks new ground in both the history of the British home front and the history of sport"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
Sports __ Social aspects __ Great Britain __ History __ 20th century.
Nationalism and sports __ Great Britain __ History __ 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 __ Social aspects __ Great Britain.
National characteristics, British.
HISTORY / Military / World War II __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Social History __ bisacsh
Nationalism and sports __ Great Britain __ History __ 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 __ Social aspects __ Great Britain.
National characteristics, British.
HISTORY / Military / World War II __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Social History __ bisacsh
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