Special Needs, Cheerful Habits
Smoking and the Great War in Britain, 1914–18
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12731344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Reeve (0000-0002-5865-5902, University of Hull, corresponding author), Michael Reeve (University of Hull) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 483-501 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural and Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0038 • E-ISSN: 1478-0046 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14780038.2016.1237409 |
| OpenAlex | W2531550378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article applies an interpretive anthropological and phenomenological approach to the Great War in Britain, 1914–18, focusing on the cigarette as a cultural artefact and material commodity, and smoking as a cultural motif and social practice. The primary material featured includes personal correspondence from soldiers and civilians, newspaper articles, advertising and fictional literature. The fundamental task carried out by this study is the connection of developments in technology and distribution accelerated by the Great War, with smoking as a practice bound up with the social, cultural and material conditions in which those on the front found themselves
Aesthetics · Art · Cultural history · Economic history · Media studies · Motif (music · Newspaper · Social science · Sociology · History · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |