Preparing and resisting the war body : training in the British Army

Newlands, Emma; McSorely, Kevin, ed. (2012) Preparing and resisting the war body : training in the British Army. In: War and the Body. War, Politics and Experience . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 35-50. ISBN 9780415692151

Abstract

Focusing on the British conscript army of the Second World War, this paper explores the physiological processes by which civilians were turned into soldiers, and the extent to which military values were inculcated in the recruit’s body, during the period of training. Drawing on a range of official sources and soldiers’ personal testimonies, it suggests that training was not simply a context of discipline and regulation. Even within the confines of the military camp or barracks men found considerable space to pursue their own agendas, often disrupting the army’s efforts to shape and control their bodies.

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Newlands, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0465-0791

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	36350
  Dates:	Date Event October 2012 Published
  Subjects:	History General and Old World > History (General) > World War II
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > History
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	12 Dec 2011 10:10
  Last modified:	04 Dec 2024 11:10
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36350