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Author:   Tracey Loughran (University of Essex)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781107569478

ISBN 10:   1107569478
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   07 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: shell-shock and medical culture in First World War Britain; 1. Frameworks of understanding: reconstructing the human from Darwin to the First World War; 2. Languages of diagnosis: hysteria, neurasthenia and changing pre-war psychological medicine; 3. Body and mind in shell-shock: war and change within psychological medicine; 4. Reading silences: gender and class in medical discourse on shell-shock; 5. Remaking men: will in medical approaches to shell-shock; 6. Animal bodies and minds: instinct and regression in shell-shock; Conclusion: shell-shock and post-war medical culture; Bibliography; Index.

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Tracey Loughran is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Cardiff University.

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