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Grief in Wartime : Private pain, Public discourse /

An examination of private narratives of loss in wartime and publicly legitimized forms of grieving. Drawing on sources such as diaries, poetry and weblogs and using gender as an analytic category, the book looks at men's and women's experiences of war 'at home' and 'at the f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acton, Carol (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural Anthropology.
Cultural Studies.
History of Military.
Social Anthropology.
Social History.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Equality.
Ethnology.
Military history.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Social history.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An examination of private narratives of loss in wartime and publicly legitimized forms of grieving. Drawing on sources such as diaries, poetry and weblogs and using gender as an analytic category, the book looks at men's and women's experiences of war 'at home' and 'at the front' and spans the two World Wars, the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 224 pages)
ISBN:9780230801431
DOI:10.1057/9780230801431