Brothers in the Great War : siblings, masculinity and emotions /
Maynard, Linda,
Brothers in the Great War : siblings, masculinity and emotions / Linda Maynard. - 1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations. - Cultural history of modern war . - Cultural history of modern war. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index.
Brothering -- Emotional partings -- Domestic heroes -- Brothers in arms -- Brotherly loss -- Memory keeping. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Open Access
Drawing on a broad range of personal accounts, this is the first detailed study of siblinghood in wartime. The relative youth of the fighting men of the Great War intensified the emotional salience of sibling relationships. Long separations, trauma and bereavement tested sibling ties forged through shared childhoods, family practices, commitments and interests. We must not equate the absence of a verbal language of love with an absence of profound feelings. Quieter familial values of kindness, tolerance and unity, instilled by parents and reinforced by moral instruction, strengthened bonds between brothers and sisters. Examining the nexus of cultural and familial emotional norms, this study reveals the complex acts of mediation undertaken by siblings striving to reconcile conflicting obligations to society, the army and loved ones in families at home. Brothers enlisted and served together. Siblings witnessed departures and homecomings, shared family responsibilities, confided their anxieties and provided mutual support from a distance via letters and parcels. The strength soldier-brothers drew from each other came at an emotional cost to themselves and their comrades. The seismic casualties of the First World War proved a watershed moment in the culture of mourning and bereavement. Grief narratives reveal distinct patterns of mourning following the death of a loved sibling, suggesting a greater complexity to male grief than is often acknowledged. Surviving siblings acted as memory keepers, circumventing the anonymisation of the dead in public commemorations by restoring the particular war stories of their brothers.
9781526146137 1526146134 9781526146151 1526146150
Brothers and sisters.
War and families.
World War, 1914-1918--Influence.
Brothers and sisters.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
War and families.
Electronic books.
Fiction.
Fiction.
HQ759.96 / .M29 2021eb
306.87509041
Brothers in the Great War : siblings, masculinity and emotions / Linda Maynard. - 1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations. - Cultural history of modern war . - Cultural history of modern war. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index.
Brothering -- Emotional partings -- Domestic heroes -- Brothers in arms -- Brotherly loss -- Memory keeping. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Open Access
Drawing on a broad range of personal accounts, this is the first detailed study of siblinghood in wartime. The relative youth of the fighting men of the Great War intensified the emotional salience of sibling relationships. Long separations, trauma and bereavement tested sibling ties forged through shared childhoods, family practices, commitments and interests. We must not equate the absence of a verbal language of love with an absence of profound feelings. Quieter familial values of kindness, tolerance and unity, instilled by parents and reinforced by moral instruction, strengthened bonds between brothers and sisters. Examining the nexus of cultural and familial emotional norms, this study reveals the complex acts of mediation undertaken by siblings striving to reconcile conflicting obligations to society, the army and loved ones in families at home. Brothers enlisted and served together. Siblings witnessed departures and homecomings, shared family responsibilities, confided their anxieties and provided mutual support from a distance via letters and parcels. The strength soldier-brothers drew from each other came at an emotional cost to themselves and their comrades. The seismic casualties of the First World War proved a watershed moment in the culture of mourning and bereavement. Grief narratives reveal distinct patterns of mourning following the death of a loved sibling, suggesting a greater complexity to male grief than is often acknowledged. Surviving siblings acted as memory keepers, circumventing the anonymisation of the dead in public commemorations by restoring the particular war stories of their brothers.
9781526146137 1526146134 9781526146151 1526146150
Brothers and sisters.
War and families.
World War, 1914-1918--Influence.
Brothers and sisters.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
War and families.
Electronic books.
Fiction.
Fiction.
HQ759.96 / .M29 2021eb
306.87509041