Medical care, humanitarianism and intimacy in the long Second World War, 1931-1953 / edited by Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, Laure Humbert, Bertrand Taithe, Raphaële Balu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desgrandchamps, Marie-Luce, author.

Contributor:

Desgrandchamps, Marie-Luce, editor.

Humbert, Laure, 1985- editor.

Taithe, Bertrand, editor.

Balu, Raphaële, editor.

Series:

Cultural history of modern war.

Cultural History of Modern War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([298] pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Marie Luce Desgrandchamps, Lecturer, University of Geneva, Senior Researcher, University of Fribourg

Laure Humbert, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester

Bertrand Taithe, Professor, University of Manchester

Raphaële Balu, Editorial Manager, Sorbonne University

Summary:

This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of humanitarianism and medical care during the long Second World War, tracing circulations of humanitarian actors, discourses, knowledge, and practices across the world from the war in China in 1931 to the Korean War in 1953.

Contents:

Introduction: Introduction: Humanitarianism and Medical Care during the 'Long' Second World War, 1931-1953 - Marie Luce Desgrandchamps, Laure Humbert, Bertrand Taithe and Raphaële Balu 1 Humanitarianism, Estrangement and Intimacies during the 'long' Second World War - New Historiographical Perspectives, Laure Humbert 2. Africa, the Africans, and the Red Cross: Assessing the Impact of the Long Second World War (1935-1950), Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps 3 (Un)Settling Intimacies. Boundaries of Aid in a North African Refugee Camp, 1944-1946 Esther Möller and Katharina Stornig 4 "National Defense Medicine": Chinese-style physicians and medical relief during the war against Japan Jean Corbi 5 'There is no Enemy Here!' Humanitarian Rhetoric in South America during the Second World War: Peru/Ecuador François Bignon 6 Unitarian Service Committee's activities with refugee populations and the Resistance in France during and after the Second World War Jon Arrizabalaga and Àlvar Martínez-Vidal 7 Cultural actors in rehabilitation: WW2 craft therapy and White, ableist, heteronormative masculinity Jennifer Way 8 Trauma of Warfare: Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Relief in Wartime China, 1948 to 1956 Jinghong Zhang 9 Dying on enemy ground. The ICRC and the German soldiers killed in France during WWII Taline Garibian Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8348-X

1-5261-8346-3

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access