Reconstructing the Body

Klappentext Carden-Coyne investigates the cultural response to the horrors of the First World War in America, Britain, and Australia. Wartime had ruined bodies and disfigured a generation, but post-war ideals of beauty and resilience influenced social, medical and cultural imagery that renewed faith in humanity and allowed people to rebuild their lives. Zusammenfassung Carden-Coyne investigates the cultural response to the horrors of the First World War in America, Britain, and Australia. Wartime had ruined bodies and disfigured a generation, but post-war ideals of beauty and resilience influenced social, medical and cultural imagery that renewed faith in humanity and allowed people to rebuild their lives.

The book is ambitious and offers the reader a vast amount of diverse information to digest.

Autorentext

Ana Carden-Coyne is Co-Director for the Centre for the Cultural History of War at the University of Manchester.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Reconstructing Civilization in Postwar Culture; 2. Culture Shock: Trauma, Pleasure, and Visual Memory; 3. Monumental Classicism: Healing the Western Body; 4. The Sexual Reconstruction of Men; 5. The 'Golden Age of Woman'; 6. Performing the New Civilization; Conclusion: Healing and Forgetting; Bibliography