Reconstructing the body [Elektronisk resurs] classicism, modernism, and the First World War / Ana Carden-Coyne.

• 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.

• 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 obliterated with unsparing, mechanical efficiency. Pain and suffering were terrifying consequences of modern war, and yet this truth is not the entire story. People also rebuilt their lives, their communities, and their bodies. Rising from the ashes of war was beauty, eroticism, and the promise of utopia. This book investigates the cultures of resilience and the institutions of reconstruction in Britain, Australia, and the United States. Immersed in efforts to heal the violence and triumph over adversity, reconstruction motivated politicians, professionals, and individuals to transform themselves and their societies. Bodies were not to remain locked away in tortured memories. Instead, they became the subjects of outspoken debate, the objects of rehabilitation, and commodities of desire in global industries. Governments, physicians, beauty and body therapists, monument designers, and visual artists looked to classicism and modernism as the tools for rebuilding civilization and its citizens. What better riposte for loss of life, limb, and mind than a body reconstructed? 

Ämnesord

World War, 1914-1918  -- Influence. (LCSH)

World War, 1914-1918  -- Social aspects. (LCSH)

Civilization, Modern  -- 20th century. (LCSH)

War and society  -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

War and society  -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

War and society  -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Första världskriget 1914-1918  -- influenser (sao)

Första världskriget 1914-1918  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Great Britain  -- Civilization -- 20th century. (LCSH)

United States  -- Civilization -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Australia  -- Civilization -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

K.51 Historia: första världskriget 1914-1918

K.51 Historia: första världskriget 1914-1918

Klassifikation

D523 (LCC)

940.3/1 (DDC)

K.51/DR (kssb/8)

K.51 (kssb/8)