First World War Nursing: New Perspectives

First World War Nursing: New Perspectives
ISBN-10
1134626924
ISBN-13
9781134626922
Category
History
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2013-06-07
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Christine E. Hallett, Alison S. Fell

Description

This book brings together a collection of works by scholars who have produced some of the most innovative and influential work on the topic of First World War nursing in the last ten years. The contributors employ an interdisciplinary collaborative approach that takes into account multiple facets of Allied wartime nursing: historical contexts (history of the profession, recruitment, teaching, different national socio-political contexts), popular cultural stereotypes (in propaganda, popular culture) and longstanding gender norms (woman-as-nurturer). They draw on a wide range of hitherto neglected historical sources, including diaries, novels, letters and material culture. The result is a fully-rounded new study of nurses’ unique and compelling perspectives on the unprecedented experiences of the First World War.

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