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Record Nr.

UNINA9910737383003321

Autore

Allitt Marie

Titolo

Medical caregiving narratives of the first world war : geographies of care / / Marie Allitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

England : , : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9781474489942

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Disciplina

780

Soggetti

Medical care

Medical writing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Corpography: Reconceptualising Somatic Geographies -- 2. Layering: Appropriating Medical Spaces -- 3. Protrusions, Openings, and Depths: A Medical Grotesque -- 4. Countering: Representing Coping Strategies -- 5. Surfaces: Articulating Pain and Trauma -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores how military medical practitioners articulated and represented their spatial and sensory experiences of caregiving.