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HIST288: The Wartime Gender Contract and the Combat Taboo in 20th century Britain

Why can't women pull the trigger? Why are men who refuse to fight labelled cowards? Britain’s experience of the First and Second World Wars had the potential to have a profound impact on understandings of both masculinity and femininity. This module offers a study of the experience of war on both the home and the battlefronts in Britain with a particular focus on the Armed and Auxiliary Forces, Home and Civil Defence, and workers on the Home Front. Examining how war both confirmed and challenged existing gender constructions, for example through legislation, popular culture and in personal memory, we shall explore how the experience of war impacted on understandings of gender identities in the twentieth century. The course will offer a foundation in gender theory as related to war and introduce students to relevant secondary and primary sources.

For further information on HIST288 visit the Lancaster University Online Courses Handbook.

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