Comrades in Arms : : Military Masculinities in East German Culture / / Tom Smith.
Without question, the East German National People's Army was a profoundly masculine institution, not simply in terms of its overwhelmingly male makeup but in the traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice, and physical courage that it sought to exemplify. Nonetheless, as this innovative study of...
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Smith, Tom author. Comrades in Arms : Military Masculinities in East German Culture / Tom Smith. [s.l.] : Berghahn Books, 2020. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1. Military masculine ideals and their limits -- Pluralizing the GDR's socialist soldier personality -- Screen violence and the limits of masculine ideals -- Part 2. Challenging performances -- The vulnerable body in uniform -- Retro masculinity and military theatricality -- Part 3. Challenging feelings -- Shame, emotions and military masculinities -- Same-sex desire, archival narration and the NVA's closet -- Conclusion. Without question, the East German National People's Army was a profoundly masculine institution, not simply in terms of its overwhelmingly male makeup but in the traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice, and physical courage that it sought to exemplify. Nonetheless, as this innovative study of the army's cultural representations demonstrates, depictions of the military in East German film and literature were far more nuanced and ambivalent. Departing from past studies that have found in such depictions an unchanging, idealized masculinity, Representing the East German Soldier shows how cultural works both before and after reunification portrayed violence, physical vulnerability, military theatricality, and the powerful emotions and desires of conscripts to explore a surprisingly wide range of complex and contested masculinities. Description based on print version record. CC BY-NC-ND funded by Knowledge Unlatched Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee Military life. Soldiers Germany (East) Social conditions. Soldiers in literature. Soldiers in motion pictures. Masculinity Germany (East) Sociology, Military Germany (East) Print version: Smith, Tom (Thomas A.), 1987- Comrades in arms First edition. New York : Berghahn Books, 2020. 9781789205558 (DLC) 2019046031 Knowledge Unlatched funder. fnd http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd |
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Part 1. Military masculine ideals and their limits -- Pluralizing the GDR's socialist soldier personality -- Screen violence and the limits of masculine ideals -- Part 2. Challenging performances -- The vulnerable body in uniform -- Retro masculinity and military theatricality -- Part 3. Challenging feelings -- Shame, emotions and military masculinities -- Same-sex desire, archival narration and the NVA's closet -- Conclusion. |
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