Comrades in Arms : : Military Masculinities in East German Culture /

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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Place / Publishing House:[s.l.] : : Berghahn Books,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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