Art and Masculinity in Post-War Britain

In this book, Gregory Salter traces how artists represented home and masculinities in the period of social and personal reconstruction after the Second World War in Britain.

Gregory Salter is Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Birmingham, UK.

List of Figures Acknowledgements Series preface Introduction: 'Shaken by the Spirit of Reconstruction' 1. John Bratby: Masculinity and Violence in the Post-War Home 2. Francis Bacon: Queer Intimacy and Queer Spaces of Home 3. Keith Vaughan: Bodies and Memories of Home 4. Francis Newton Souza: Masculinity, Migration, and Home 5. Victor Pasmore: Abstraction and the Post-War Landscape of Home Conclusion: Gilbert & George and the Persistence of ReconstructionNotesBibliography Index