Author:
Noakes, Lucy, 1964- author.
ImprintManchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionviii, 293 pages ; 22 cm.
Note:Introduction : death, grief and bereavement in wartime Britain -- Shadowing : death, grief and mourning before the Second World War -- Feeling : the emotional economy of interwar Britain -- Planning : imagining and planning for death in wartime -- Coping : belief and agency in wartime -- Dying : death and destruction of the body in war -- Burying : the disposal of the war's dead -- Grieving : bereavement, grief, and the emotional labour of wartime -- Remembering : remembering and commemorating the dead of war -- Conclusion : the personal and the political.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
Note:"Death in war matters. It matters to the individual, threatened with their own death, or the death of loved ones. It matters to groups and communities who have to find ways to manage death, to support the bereaved and to dispose of bodies amidst the confusion of conflict. It matters to the state, which has to find ways of coping with mass death that convey a sense of gratitude and respect for the sacrifice of both the victims of war, and those that mourn in their wake. This social and cultural history of Britain in the Second World War places death at the heart of our understanding of the British experience of conflict. Drawing on a range of material, Dying for the nation demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime and examines the experience, management and memory of death."-- Provided by publisher.
