Psychological trauma and the legacies of the First World War / Jason Crouthamel, Peter Leese, editors.
"This transnational, interdisciplinary study of traumatic neurosis moves beyond the existing histories of medical theory, welfare, and symptomatology. The essays explore the personal traumas of soldiers and civilians in the wake of the First World War; they also discuss how memory and represent...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "This transnational, interdisciplinary study of traumatic neurosis moves beyond the existing histories of medical theory, welfare, and symptomatology. The essays explore the personal traumas of soldiers and civilians in the wake of the First World War; they also discuss how memory and representations of trauma are transmitted between patients, doctors and families across generations. The book argues that so far the traumatic effects of the war have been substantially underestimated. Trauma was shaped by gender, politics, and personality. To uncover the varied forms of trauma ignored by medical and political authorities, this volume draws on diverse sources, such as family archives and narratives by children of traumatized men, documents from film and photography, memoirs by soldiers and civilians. This innovative study challenges us to re-examine our approach to the complex psychological effects of the First World War."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume has its origins in scholarship presented at the conference 'Aftershock : post-traumatic cultures since the Great War' held at the University of Copenhagen in May 2013"--Page v. Companion volume to: Traumatic memories of the Second World War and after. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783319334769 331933476X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed April 28, 2017) |