Dying for the nation : Death, grief and bereavement in Second World War Britain /

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Drawing on a range of material, the book demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime - not just to the individual, threatened with their own death, or the death of loved ones, but to the state, tasked with managing the deaths of its citizens in conflict.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Noakes, Lucy, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Soldiers > Death.
Social aspects.
Burial.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Sepulture > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Burial > Great Britain.
Soldiers > Great Britain > Death.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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