This article examines the changing nature of home for disabled ex-servicemen in the Second World War. It explores the function of institutional and domestic space in the restoration of traditional male roles. Masculinity was embodied in the long-stay institution, as men attempted to overcome their disability and be found suitable to resume a place in a traditional domestic home. Importantly, freedom from institutional living came through traditional relationships with women and the production of children. Owing to war damage, finding housing was particularly challenging for disabled men, but a combination of the influence of the British Legion, donations from the public and their preference to memorialise the war through the building of homes increased the possibility of living in a traditional domestic space. The building and alteration of homes encouraged certain modes of behaviour and expectations of disabled veterans, reinforcing the central, traditional role of men in post-war Britain. This analysis of the home in its many reconfigurations offers insight into disabled ex-servicemen, demonstrating that understandings of the institutional and domestic spaces that constitute home are as important as other traditionally gendered spaces such as the workplace. An analysis of the home is instrumental in understanding of disabled ex-servicemen were played out during and after the Second World War.

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“远离家乡的家”和“快乐的囚犯”：1944-19501 年英国的残疾退伍军人、太空和男子气概

本文考察了二战期间残疾退役军人住所性质的变化。它探讨了制度空间和家庭空间在恢复传统男性角色中的作用。男子气概体现在长期住宿机构中，因为男性试图克服他们的残疾并被发现适合在传统的家庭住宅中恢复一席之地。重要的是，摆脱制度生活的自由来自与妇女的传统关系和生育子女。由于战争造成的破坏，为残疾男性寻找住房特别困难，但结合英国军团的影响、公众的捐款以及他们通过建造房屋来纪念战争的偏好，增加了生活在传统家庭中的可能性。空间。房屋的建造和改建鼓励了残疾退伍军人的某些行为模式和期望，加强了战后英国男性的核心传统角色。对房屋的多次重新配置的分析提供了对残疾退役军人的洞察，表明对构成家庭的制度和家庭空间的理解与工作场所等其他传统性别空间一样重要。对家庭的分析有助于了解二战期间和之后的残疾退役军人。证明对构成家的制度和家庭空间的理解与其他传统性别空间（如工作场所）一样重要。对家庭的分析有助于了解二战期间和之后的残疾退役军人。证明对构成家的制度和家庭空间的理解与其他传统性别空间（如工作场所）一样重要。对家庭的分析有助于了解二战期间和之后的残疾退役军人。