Living with the Aftermath : Trauma, Nostalgia and Grief in Post-War Australia

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY

FINE COPY! 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.

viii, 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. First Edition Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index. #070823

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• World War, 1939-1945 — Social aspects — Australia
• Grief — Psychological aspects
• World War, 1939-1945 — Psychological aspects
• World War, 1914-1918 — Social aspects — Australia
• Bereavement — Psychological aspects