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Photography in the Great War: The Ethics of Emerging Medical Collections from the Great War

By Garthine Walker , Mark Bradley , David Turner , Suzannah Biernoff , Patricia Skinner , David Houston Jones , Jason Bate

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2021
ISBN
2021029858, 2021029859, 9781350122048, 9781350122055, 9781350122062
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (7945308 bytes)
Series
Facialities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Human Face
Edition
1
Pages
240\0
Topic
Art Photo
Time added
2021-12-31 02:06:22

Description

This book draws on a rich set of materials to examine postwar experiences of ex-servicemen who were facially-disfigured during the First World War. Weaving together medical, institutional, amateur and family photographic albums under a social history framework, Jason Bate underscores overlooked aspects of these men's continued hardships after returning home from the front. In particular, a focus is on the private sphere of the family and the complicated world of employment that disfigured veterans navigated on their return. Little attention has hitherto been paid to the aftercare of disfigured veterans once discharged from the army, or the long-term impact on individuals, and the sense of burden felt by families and local communities. In addressing this neglected area, the chapters here illuminate different practices of photography by doctors, nurses, press agencies, and families across the generations to challenge our perceptions of the personal traumas of soldiers and civilians.

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