The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521669740)

The Labour of Loss explores how mothers, fathers, widows, relatives and friends dealt with their experiences of grief and loss during and after the First and Second World Wars. Based on an examination of private loss through letters and diaries, this study makes a significant contribution to understanding how people came to terms with the deaths of friends and family. Unlike other studies in this area, The Labour of Loss considers how mourning affected men and women in different ways, and analyzes the gendered dimensions of grief.

Author: Joy Damousi
ISBN-10: 052166974X
ISBN-13: 9780521669740
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/1999
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d