TY - BOOK ID - 134094182 TI - Photography and facial difference : the ethics of emerging medical collections from the Great War PY - 2022 SN - 9781350122048 PB - [New York] : [Bloomsbury Academic], DB - UniCat KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Disfigured persons KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Disabled veterans KW - Medical photography KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - War and families KW - Post-traumatic stress disorder. KW - Veterans KW - Veterans KW - Care KW - History KW - Social aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134094182 AB - "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"-- ER -