Histories, Memories and Representations of being Young in the First World War

This book explores the experiences of children and young people on the British home front during the First World War, examining how historical memories of the conflict have shaped their understanding and representation. It highlights the ways in which the war disrupted and shaped childhood, and the selective portrayal of the conflict in national narratives.

Format: Hardback
Length: 257 pages
Publication date: 09 October 2020
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book aims to bring children and young people to the forefront of the study of the contemporary British home front, its cultural representations, and its place in the historical memory of the First World War. Through a series of tightly focused case studies, this edited collection explores not only the war's effects on children and young people but also how understandings of this conflict have been shaped or influenced by historical memories of the Great War. It brings together new research by emerging and established scholars who introduce a range of new histories to explore the experience of being young during the First World War and interrogate the memories and representations of the conflict produced for children.

Taken together, the chapters in this volume shed light on the multifaceted ways in which the Great War shaped, disrupted, and interrupted childhood in Britain, while also illuminating the selectivity of the portrayal of the conflict within the more typical national narratives.

This book seeks to place children and young people centrally within the study of the contemporary British home front, its cultural representations, and its place in the historical memory of the First World War. This edited collection interrogates not only war and its effects on children and young people, but how understandings of this conflict have shaped or been shaped by historical memories of the Great War, which have only allowed for several tropes of childhood during the conflict to emerge. It brings together new research by emerging and established scholars who, through a series of tightly focussed case studies, introduce a range of new histories to both explore the experience of being young during the First World War and interrogate the memories and representations of the conflict produced for children.

Taken together, the chapters in this volume shed light on the multifaceted ways in which the Great War shaped, disrupted, and interrupted childhood in Britain, while also illuminating the selectivity of the portrayal of the conflict within the more typical national narratives.

This book aims to bring children and young people to the forefront of the study of the contemporary British home front, its cultural representations, and its place in the historical memory of the First World War. Through a series of tightly focused case studies, this edited collection explores not only the war's effects on children and young people but also how understandings of this conflict have been shaped or influenced by historical memories of the Great War. It brings together new research by emerging and established scholars who introduce a range of new histories to explore the experience of being young during the First World War and interrogate the memories and representations of the conflict produced for children.

Taken together, the chapters in this volume shed light on the multifaceted ways in which the Great War shaped, disrupted, and interrupted childhood in Britain, while also illuminating the selectivity of the portrayal of the conflict within the more typical national narratives.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 157 x 220 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030499389
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020