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Photography in the Great War : the ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War / Jason Bate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bate, Jason, author.
- Series:
- Facialities
- Facialities: interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Disfigured persons--Great Britain.
- Disfigured persons.
- World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Care--Great Britain.
- Disabled veterans--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Disabled veterans.
- Medical photography--Great Britain.
- Medical photography.
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects.
- War and families--Great Britain.
- War and families.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Social aspects.
- Veterans.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
- Summary:
- "This book draws on a rich set of materials to examine postwar experiences of ex-servicemen who were facially-disfigured during the First World War. Weaving together medical, institutional and family photographic albums under a social history framework, Jason Bate underscores overlooked aspects of these men's continued hardships after returning home from the front. In particular, a focus is on the private sphere of the family and the complicated world of employment that disfigured veterans navigated on their return. Little attention has hitherto been paid to the aftercare of disfigured veterans once discharged from the army, or the long-term impact on individuals, and the sense of burden felt by families and local communities. In addressing this neglected area, the chapters here illuminate different uses of photography by doctors, nurses, press agencies, and families across the generations to challenge our perceptions of the personal traumas of soldiers and civilians"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The wards with no mirrors: RAMC photography and the new era of medical communications
- 2. Glass soldiers in the lantern. The Royal Society of Medicine, 1914-19
- 3. Mobilizing the camera as therapy: The amateur photographers at work: organization, equipment and business
- 4. Family-led care and the shortcomings in state provision
- 5. The `medical collections' and `family collections' of the archival ecosystem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bate, Jason. Photography and facial difference
- ISBN:
- 9781350122048
- 1350122041
- OCLC:
- 1257403607
- Publisher Number:
- 99989455847
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