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The men with broken faces : gueules cassées of the First World War

Title
The men with broken faces : gueules cassées of the First World War / Marjorie Gehrhardt.
Author
Gehrhardt, Marjorie
Publication
Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin : Peter Lang, [2015]

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Description
xiii, 304 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Summary
"Perhaps the ultimate victims of the Great War, facially wounded servicemen became walking reminders of the conflict and their experiences reveal the impact of the war not only on the combatants but also on European societies at large. This book explores for the first time the individual and collective significance of First World War facially disfigured combatants, with a special focus on France, Germany and Great Britain. The analysis undertaken in this book uncovers how the wounded perceived and presented themselves and were perceived and represented by others. Artistic and literary representations are considered, along with initiatives on behalf of hospitals, the government and their fellow countrymen. With an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, this study illuminates our understanding of how the combatant and the onlooker made sense of the experience and the memory of the war"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Cultural history and literary imagination ; volume 25
Uniform Title
Cultural history and literary imagination ; v. 25.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Gueules cassées : the face of war -- Part I. The soldiers' journey : from the front to civilian life -- Hospitals as transitional spaces -- Facing the world : economic and social reintegration -- Shaping a collective identity -- Part II. Artistic and literary representations -- Visual depictions of facially injured men -- Describing the "unspeakable"? : gueules cassées in literature.
Call Number
JFE 16-11532
ISBN
  • 9783034318693
  • 3034318693
LCCN
2015034794
OCLC
929588163
Author
Gehrhardt, Marjorie, author.
Title
The men with broken faces : gueules cassées of the First World War / Marjorie Gehrhardt.
Publisher
Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin : Peter Lang, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cultural history and literary imagination ; volume 25
Cultural history and literary imagination ; v. 25.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-11532
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