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Living with the aftermath : trauma, nostalgia and grief in post-war Australia / Joy Damousi

Record no:

85219

Call no:

355.120994 DAM

Author:

Damousi, Joy

Publisher:

Cambridge ; Oakley, Vic.: Cambridge University Press

Year:

2001

Description:

viii, 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

War widows;
Military spouses - Australia;
War - Psychological aspects;
War - Social aspects - Australia;
Grief;

Bereavement - Psychological aspects;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Women;
World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Australia;
Korean War, 1950-1953;

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Isbn:

0521802180

Type:

Book

Abstract:

This text on shifting patterns of mourning and grief focuses on the experiences of Australian women who lost their husbands during World War II, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. It makes use of oral testimonies to illustrate how widows internalized

the traumas of their husband's war experience.

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. War widows remember -- 3. The wars -- 4. Memories of death: Loss, nostalgia and regret -- 5. The question of silence -- 6. Marriage wars -- 7. 'Overlooked': Korean and Vietnam war widows -- 8. Death, solitude, and renewal -- 9. Conclusion.

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