ISBN:
9783034318693
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3034318693
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 304 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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23 cm, 470 g
Series Statement:
Cultural history and literary imagination Vol. 25
Series Statement:
Cultural history and literary imagination
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gehrhardt The Men with Broken Faces
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gehrhardt, Marjorie The men with broken faces
DDC:
940.40087
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects
;
Soldiers History 20th century
;
Veterans History 20th century
;
Disfigured persons History 20th century
;
Face Wounds and injuries 20th century
;
Social aspects
;
History
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Body image Social aspects 20th century
;
History
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Hospital care History 20th century
;
War and society History 20th century
;
Wounds and injuries in art
;
Wounds and injuries in literature
;
Frankreich
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Großbritannien
;
Deutschland
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Veteran
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Gesichtsverletzung
Abstract:
"Perhaps the ultimate victims of the Great War, facially wounded servicemen became walking reminders of the conflict and their experiences reveal the impact of the war not only on the combatants but also on European societies at large. This book explores for the first time the individual and collective significance of First World War facially disfigured combatants, with a special focus on France, Germany and Great Britain. The analysis undertaken in this book uncovers how the wounded perceived and presented themselves and were perceived and represented by others. Artistic and literary representations are considered, along with initiatives on behalf of hospitals, the government and their fellow countrymen. With an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, this study illuminates our understanding of how the combatant and the onlooker made sense of the experience and the memory of the war"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"Perhaps the ultimate victims of the Great War, facially wounded servicemen became walking reminders of the conflict and their experiences reveal the impact of the war not only on the combatants but also on European societies at large. This book explores for the first time the individual and collective significance of First World War facially disfigured combatants, with a special focus on France, Germany and Great Britain. The analysis undertaken in this book uncovers how the wounded perceived and presented themselves and were perceived and represented by others. Artistic and literary representations are considered, along with initiatives on behalf of hospitals, the government and their fellow countrymen. With an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, this study illuminates our understanding of how the combatant and the onlooker made sense of the experience and the memory of the war"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Gueules cassées : the face of warPart I. The soldiers' journey : from the front to civilian life -- Hospitals as transitional spaces -- Facing the world : economic and social reintegration -- Shaping a collective identity -- Part II. Artistic and literary representations -- Visual depictions of facially injured men -- Describing the "unspeakable"? : gueules cassées in literature.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten [285]-299
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