Book contents
- For King and Country
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- For King and Country
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude The Monarchy and Wartime Political Power
- Part I The Role of the British Monarchy in Cultural Mobilisation for War
- Part II The Emperor’s New Clothes
- 3 The Royal Body in Wartime
- 4 De-Sacralisation Discourses
- Part III The Unknown Soldier
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Royal Body in Wartime
from Part II - The Emperor’s New Clothes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2021
Book contents
- For King and Country
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- For King and Country
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude The Monarchy and Wartime Political Power
- Part I The Role of the British Monarchy in Cultural Mobilisation for War
- Part II The Emperor’s New Clothes
- 3 The Royal Body in Wartime
- 4 De-Sacralisation Discourses
- Part III The Unknown Soldier
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter analyses the ways that the royal family embodied wartime gender roles and promoted them. It considers the role of the monarchy in creating new narratives around war disability and the monarchy’s engagement with the war wounded. It also looks at Queen Mary’s visit to the front in 1917 and the wartime role of Princess Mary. It argues that the war saw new cultural discourses of the royal ‘touch’ and of the ‘perfect’ royal body emerging.
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- For King and CountryThe British Monarchy and the First World War, pp. 171 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021