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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478948203321

Autore

Noakes Lucy <1964->

Titolo

Dying for the nation : death, grief and bereavement in Second World War Britain / / Lucy Noakes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , [2020]

ISBN

9781526135650 (ebook)

1526152010

1526135655

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Cultural history of modern war

Disciplina

940.531

Soggetti

Death - Great Britain - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Great Britain

War casualties - Great Britain - History - 20th century

War and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: death, grief and bereavement in wartime Britain -- Shadowing: death, grief and mourning before the Second World War -- Feeling: the emotional economy of interwar Britain -- Planning: imagining and planning for death in wartime -- Coping: belief and agency in wartime -- Dying: death and destruction of the body in war -- Burying: the disposal of the war's dead -- Grieving: bereavement, grief and the emotional labour of wartime -- Remembering: remembering and commemorating the dead of war -- Conclusion: the personal and the political.

Sommario/riassunto

Death in war matters. It matters to the individual, threatened with their own death, or the death of loved ones. It matters to groups and communities who have to find ways to manage death, to support the bereaved and to dispose of bodies amidst the confusion of conflict. It matters to the state, which has to find ways of coping with mass death that convey a sense of gratitude and respect for the sacrifice of both the victims of war, and those that mourn in their wake. This social and



cultural history of Britain in the Second World War places death at the heart of our understanding of the British experience of conflict. Drawing on a range of material, Dying for the nation demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime and examines the experience, management and memory of death. The book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the social and cultural history of Britain in the Second World War. Death in war matters. It matters to the individual, threatened with their own death, or the death of loved ones. It matters to groups and communities who have to find ways to manage death, to support the bereaved and to dispose of bodies amidst the confusion of conflict. It matters to the state, which has to find ways of coping with mass death that convey a sense of gratitude and respect for the sacrifice of both the victims of war, and those that mourn in their wake. This social and cultural history of Britain in the Second World War places death at the heart of our understanding of the British experience of conflict. Drawing on a range of material, Dying for the nation demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime and examines the experience, management and memory of death. The book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the social and cultural history of Britain in the Second World War.