Nine wartime lives: mass observation and the making of the modern self

A fascinating re-evaluation of the social history of the Second World War Looks at the wartime diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people writing for the Mass Observation social research organization Illuminates the impact of war on attitudes to citizenship, the changing relationships between men and women, and the search for meaning in a wartime context Includes a chapter on Nella Last, whose published diaries have been a source of delight and fascination for thousands of readers. Consistently sensitive, thoughtful and often moving, this beautifully written book resists nostalgic contrasts between the presumed dutiful citizenship of wartime Britain and contemporary anti-social individualism, pointing instead to longer run processes of change rooted as much in struggles for personal autonomy in the private sphere as in the politics of active citizenship in public life

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957466-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés