Living with the aftermath : trauma, nostalgia and grief in post-war Australia / Joy Damousi.
Publication details: Cambridge ; Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: viii, 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0521802180 (hbk.)
- 155.9370994 21
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library | 155.937099 DAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 64028 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
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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