Remastering the Body, Renegotiating Gender
Physical Disability and Masculinity during the First World War, the Case of J. B. Middlebrook
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12528516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Jane Gagen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 525-541 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507480701752169 |
| OpenAlex | W1982567693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 7 |
By considering the case of J. B. Middlebrook, this article sets out to consider the interrelation between masculinity and male bodies as seen through the lens of male physical disability during the First World War in Britain. In considering the impact of a sudden physical impairment it is clear that disabled men were able to renegotiate their masculine identity with reference to their altered corporeal state. Within this process, hegemonic masculine ideals are able to embrace new conceptions of the self, which indicates the dynamic and flexible notion of this dominant form of gender identity. This counters the claim that disability is necessarily emasculating. It is also increasingly important to embed, where appropriate, our understanding of gender identity within the physical body
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Identity (music · Masculinity · Physical body · Physical disability · Political science · Sociology · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
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Rugby, Nationalism, and Deaf Athlete Counterhegemony
State of the Field
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Recreated Faces
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The Male Body, Beauty and Aesthetics in Modern British Culture
Remaking the Fighting Man. Martial Masculinity and the British Army’s Command Depots, 1915–1918
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Storying Bourdieu
The Dilemma of Disabled Masculinity
In-between military and civilian
Medicos, poultice wallahs and comrades in service
Butterfly touch
| Citations per year | 1.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |