The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia

by Joy Damousi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052166974X
• ISBN13: 9780521669740
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"