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Joanna Bourke
Researcher at Birkbeck, University of London
Publications - 115
Citations - 2731
Joanna Bourke is an academic researcher from Birkbeck, University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sexual violence & Irish. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 112 publications receiving 2626 citations. Previous affiliations of Joanna Bourke include University of London.
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Dismembering the Male: Men's Bodies, Britain, and the Great War
TL;DR: Bourke argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages as discussed by the authors and concludes that attempts to construct a new type of masculinity failed as the threat of another war, and with it the sacrifice of a new generation of men, intensified.
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An Intimate History of Killing : Face-To-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
TL;DR: Bourke as discussed by the authors used the letters, diaries, memoirs and reports of veterans from three conflicts - World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War - to establish a picture of the man-at-arms.
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An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
TL;DR: Bourke as mentioned in this paper used the letters, diaries, memoirs and reports of veterans from three conflicts - World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War - to establish a picture of the man-at-arms.
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Fear: A Cultural History
TL;DR: In this article, award-winning historian Joanna Bourke helps us understand the landscape of fear we now navigate, from diagnosed phobias to the media's role in creating new ones.