Military masculinities and imperial masculinities: The inter-war years in France and recruitment to la Coloniale

Nicola Cooper

doi:10.1386/jwcs.5.3.295_1

Military masculinities and imperial masculinities: The inter-war years in France and recruitment to la Coloniale

Nicola Cooper

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Abstract

AbstractThis article examines the congruences and incongruences between imperial and military masculinities in brochures and images that were deployed in a recruitment drive to the Coloniale in inter-war France. It argues that changes in imperial objectives and thence iconography following World War I forced a shift away from traditional militaristic imagery in recruitment, giving place to a sanitized and domesticated portrait both of empire, and of military roles and identities therein.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	295-305
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of War & Culture Studies
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcs.5.3.295_1
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

COLONIAL TROOPS
ICONOGRAPHY
IMPERIALISM
INTER-WAR FRANCE
LA COLONIALE
MASCULINITIES

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