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Art and citizenship in conflict

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Art and citizenship in conflict examines how British women war artists used visual art to question, even reframe prevailing ideas about citizenship during the Second World War. Their paintings, pri...
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Art and Citizenship in Conflict examines the work of women war artists in order to highlight the complexity of citizenship and gender in Britain during the Second World War. Evelyn Dunbar, Mary Kessell, Ethel Gabain, Stella Schmolle, and Laura Knight, among others, were commissioned by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) to document the millions of women who took up sometimes unconventional roles—in agriculture, the auxiliary services, and manufacturing, among others—to support the British war effort. Indeed, their prints, drawings, and paintings were part of a broader scheme to uphold morale and promote much-needed citizen involvement on the home front. While there is growing interest, the importance of their remit in the history of the Second World War and the quality of their artistry have nonetheless not yet secured them a significant place in scholarship. Art and Citizenship in Conflict seeks to amend this gap.
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Price: £85.00
Pages: 246
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
ISBN: 9781526165121
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

ART / Women Artists, Feminism and feminist theory, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / European, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Individual artists, art monographs, Second World War

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Introduction Art and citizenship in conflict: British women war artists, 1939-45
1 Healing the nation: on the ward and in the clinic
2 Military service: from the living room to the war room
3 Harvest on the homefront: in the fields and forests
4 The heavy work of war: women and labour
5 Victory in Europe: women artists on the Continent

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