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001 2015034794
003 DLC
005 20151216080655.0
008 151211s2015 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015034794
020 $a9783034318693 (alkaline paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae------
050 00 $aD524.7.E85$bG44 2015
082 00 $a940.40087$223
100 1 $aGehrhardt, Marjorie.
245 14 $aThe men with broken faces :$bgueules cassées of the First World War /$cMarjorie Gehrhardt.
263 $a1705
264 1 $aOxford :$bPeter Lang,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCultural history and literary imagination ;$vvolume 25
520 2 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects$zEurope.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aVeterans$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aDisfigured persons$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aFace$xWounds and injuries$xSocial aspects$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aBody image$xSocial aspects$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHospital care$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWar and society$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWounds and injuries in art.
650 0 $aWounds and injuries in literature.