Photography and facial difference : the ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War /

Bate, Jason,

Photography and facial difference : the ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War / Ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War Jason Bate. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. - 240hbk.: 36 bw illus.: 234 x 156 mm - Facialities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Human Face . - Facialities: interdisciplinary approaches to the human face .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction
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. Mobilising the Camera for Therapy: Amateur Photography in the Facial Wards
4. Family-led Care and the Shortcomings in State Provision
5. The 'Medical Collections' and 'Family Collections' of the Archival Ecosystem
Conclusion


Notes
Bibliography
Index

"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"--

9781350122062 9781350122055


World War, 1914-1918
Disfigured persons
World War, 1914-1918
Disabled veterans
Medical photography
World War, 1914-1918
War and families
Post-traumatic stress disorder.--Veterans--Great Britain.--Great Britain.--Veterans--Care.--Great Britain--History--Great Britain--20th century.--Great Britain.--Social aspects.--Great Britain.

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