Reconstructing civilization in post-war culture -- Culture shock : trauma, pleasure, and visual memory -- Monumental classicism : healing the western body -- The sexual reconstruction of men -- The 'golden age of woman'-- Performing the new civilization -- Healing and forgetting
Summary
The First World War mangled faces, blew away limbs, and ruined nerves. Ten million dead, twenty million severe casualties, and eight million people with permanent disabilities - modern war inflicted pain and suffering with unsparing, mechanical efficiency. However, such horror was not the entire story. People also rebuilt their lives, their communities, and their bodies. From the ashes of war rose beauty, eroticism, and the promise of utopia. Ana Carden-Coyne investigates the cultures of resilience and the institutions of reconstruction in Britain, Australia, and the United States. Immersed in
