Abstract
The creation of Finland's national conscription army in the wake of its independence from Russia in 1917 aroused intense but conflicting emotions. This book examines the struggles of a new army to find popular acceptance and support, and explores the ways that images of manhood were used in the controversies. Ahlbäck places the situation of interwar Finland within a broad European context to reveal the conflicts surrounding compulsory military service and the impact of the Great War on masculinities and constructions of gender.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781472407481 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781409457497 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | C1 Separate scientific books |
Keywords
- masculinity
- military service
- conscription
- military training
- active citizenship
- civic education
- hero myths
- memory
- war commemoration
- homosociality
- male body
- counter-images
- comradeship
- experience
- narratives