The Labour of Loss : Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare)
Editorial Reviews
Review
' ... compelling ... The Labour of Loss offers a new perspective on the impact of twentieth-century warfare, because it engages seriously with the dimensions of grief and emotion experienced by soldiers and their families.' Kate Darian-Smith, The Times Literary Supplement
'This sensitive, though sometimes harrowing, study of the impact of war and the ensuring peace ... will surely have wide cross-disciplinary resonance.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
' ... deserves the highest praise. Without ever sacrificing a formidable theoretical power, [Damousi] never forgets that this is an intensely human story. It is one of the best, perhaps the best, book of its kind.' English Historical Review
Book Description
The Labour of Loss explores how mothers, fathers, widows, relatives and friends dealt with their experiences of grief and loss during and after the First and Second World Wars. Based on an examination of private loss through letters and diaries, this study makes a significant contribution to understanding how people came to terms with the deaths of friends and family. Unlike other studies in this area, The Labour of Loss considers how mourning affected men and women in different ways, and analyzes the gendered dimensions of grief.
The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare),Joy Damousi,Jay Winter,Paul Kennedy,Antoine Prost,Emmanuel Sivan,Cambridge University Press,052166974X,Australia,Australia & New Zealand - Australia,Bereavement,Death, Grief, Bereavement,General,Grief,History,History - General History,History: World,Military - General,Military - World War II,Psychological aspects,World War, 1939-1945,Coping with death & bereavement,Death & dying,History / Australia & Oceania,World War, 1939-1945--Australia
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