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



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Autore: Noakes Lucy <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dying for the nation : death, grief and bereavement in Second World War Britain / / Lucy Noakes Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 940.531
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto non controllato: Bereavement
Britain
Burial
Death
Dying
Emotions
Grief
History
Remembrance
Second World War
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Dying for the nation  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5261-3566-3
1-5261-5201-0
1-5261-3565-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793939903321
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Serie: Cultural history of modern war.