Living with the Aftermath: Trauma, Nostalgia and Grief in Post-War Australia

ISBN-13: 9780521802185 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 250 str.

Joy Damousi (University of Melbourne)

Opis

This very moving book, based on oral testimonies, focuses on the shifting patterns of mourning and grief in the experiences of Australian women who lost their husbands during the Second World War and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.

Recenzje

"Damousi's book certainly succeeds in its aim 'to correct the absence of war widows from Australian history' (p. 8), and it does far more. This is a most enjoyable book that should appeal to general readers as well as specialists." American Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Remembering war widows; 2. The wars; 3. Remembering death in war: loss, nostalgia and regret; 4. The question of silence; 5. Marriage wars: 1945–65; 6. Forgotten wars; 7. Memories of death, solitude and renewal; 8. Conclusion.