Sexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - is understood within the contemporary British Army, and the political and practical consequences of this. Drawing on original research, this informaive volume looks at:
the history and structure of the British Army as a masculine institution
personnel policies which deal with gender issues
the construction of ideas about military masculinities and femininities within the Army
media representations of the figure of the soldier.
Using...
Sexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - is understood within the contemporary Brit...
Performing Englishness looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based on original research within English folk culture, it is the only ethnographic study of its kind. By closely scrutinising various facets of this folk resurgence - discursive, musical and visual - the authors explore how it speaks to a broader explosion of interest in the subject of English national and cultural identity. How does contemporary English folk music and dance relate to ideas about England and Englishness? What kinds of...
Performing Englishness looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first centur...
