Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Seminar
Module Offerings
6106HIST-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To provide an insight into the people’s experience of living day-by-day in Britain during the Second World War.
2. To encourage students to challenge the popular history and meta-narratives associated with the past with a view to engaging with a period from a more down-to-earth perspective.
3.Introduce students to the theoretical approach of cultural history, especially in relation to how people situate themselves within society irrespective of the greater events being played out around them.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Interpret both contemporary interpretations of events and the historic record, testing their merit and validity.
2.
Apply theoretical models of historical interpretation gained through the reflexive core of the course, particularly with reference to models of cultural history.
3.
Illustrate a systematic appraisal of the British experience of the Second World War that critically evaluates new and unconventional sources.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
‘They just keep on keeping on’: historiographical approaches to the history of everyday life. From illusions to reality, September 1939 – September 1940. ‘Guilty Men’ to ‘People’s War’: the ‘myth’ is born. The Blitz and ‘The Structure of Morale’. ‘We don’t go around grinning about it’: Popular culture in wartime. ‘The thrill of the chase’: rationing and austerity. War crimes, Spivs and Racketeers. The Place of Women in Wartime. Industry: All in the front line now? ‘The Road to 1945’: wartime politics and the post-war world. Conclusion: ‘Which People’s War?’
‘They just keep on keeping on’: historiographical approaches to the history of everyday life. From illusions to reality, September 1939 – September 1940. ‘Guilty Men’ to ‘People’s War’: the ‘myth’ is born. The Blitz and ‘The Structure of Morale’. ‘We don’t go around grinning about it’: Popular culture in wartime. ‘The thrill of the chase’: rationing and austerity. War crimes, Spivs and Racketeers. The Place of Women in Wartime. Industry: All in the front line now? ‘The Road to 1945’: wartime politics and the post-war world. Conclusion: ‘Which People’s War?’
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide an insight into the people's experience of living day-by-day in Britain during the Second World War. You will be introduced to the theoretical approach of cultural history on how people situate themselves within society irrespective of the greater events being played out around them.
The aim of this module is to provide an insight into the people's experience of living day-by-day in Britain during the Second World War. You will be introduced to the theoretical approach of cultural history on how people situate themselves within society irrespective of the greater events being played out around them.
Additional Information:
From a historiographical perspective, this module approaches the subject from the ‘new turn to culture’ in history, taking a critical approach to this technique, questioning its validity and exploring the merit of the history of everyday life.
From a historiographical perspective, this module approaches the subject from the ‘new turn to culture’ in history, taking a critical approach to this technique, questioning its validity and exploring the merit of the history of everyday life.