Prosthetic Manhood in the Soviet Union at the End of World War II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3924534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances Bernstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-133 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/682969 |
| PMID | 27066621 |
| OpenAlex | W2227561795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
Millions of Soviet soldiers were disabled as a direct consequence of their service in the Second World War. Yet despite its expressions of gratitude for their sacrifices, the state evinced a great deal of discomfort regarding their damaged bodies. The countless armless and legless veterans were a constant reminder of the destruction suffered by the country as a whole, an association increasingly incompatible with the postwar agenda of wholesale reconstruction. This article focuses on a key strategy for erasing the scars of war, one with ostensibly unambiguous benefit for the disabled themselves: the development of prostheses. In addition to fostering independence from others and ultimately from the state, artificial limbs would facilitate the veterans' return to the kinds of socially useful labor by which the country defined itself. In so doing, this strategy engendered the establishment of a new model of masculinity: a prosthetic manhood
Ancient history · First world war · Gratitude · Masculinity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · Spanish Civil War · World War II · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |