Death in war and peace: a history of loss and grief in england, 1914-1970

The history of death is a vital part of human history, and a study of dying and grief takes us to the heart of any culture. Since the First World War therehas been a tendency to privatize death, and to minimize the expression of grief and the rituals of mourning. Pat Jalland explores the nature and scope of this profound cultural shift. INDICE: Introduction; Part I: War and Peace 1914-1939; 1: Death, the Great War and the influenza pandemic; 2: Violet Cecil and communities in mourning; 3: The Bickersteths' sacred pilgrimages to the Great War Cemeteries, 1919-1931; 4: Death, disasters and rituals among the northern working classes, 1919-39; 5: Sir Sydney Cockerell: cremation and the modern way of death in England;Part II: The Second World War; 6: The people's war: Death in the blitz; 7: Missing airmen and families in anguish: 'There could be no mourning'; 8: Experiences of wartime grief; Part III: A changing culture of death and loss since 1945; 9: Hidden death: Medicine and care of the dying, 1945 to 1970; 10: Widowhood, grief and old age 1945-1963; 11: Gorer's map of death: Declining rituals and prolonged sorrow, 1963; 12: Observing grief: C.S. Lewis and the psychiatrists; 13: Epilogue: Change and continuity since the 1970s

• ISBN: 978-0-19-926551-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés