Revel,Riot and Rebellion and The Social History of Politics |
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| Authors: | Phil Withington |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Sheffieldp.withington@sheffield.ac.uk |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis article considers the ties between soldiers and civilian life in First World War Britain. Previous assumptions about soldierly alienation and disillusionment from civilian society have been questioned in recent years. This article adds to this discussion by examining the part played by National War Aims Committee propaganda in fostering links between soldiers and the home front. Representation of civilian activities, community, rurality and domesticity offered reassurance that Britain remained largely the same as soldiers remembered. The involvement of soldiers as propagandists also shows that attitudes cannot be deduced solely from the perspective of literary depictions of alienation. |
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| Keywords: | localism popular culture popular politics early modern England |
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