Aftershocks: Politics and Trauma in Britain, 1918-1931

Kingsley Kent, Susan

Aftershocks studies how meanings of shellshock and imagery presenting the traumatized psyche as shattered contributed to Britons' understandings of their political selves in the 1920s. It connects the force of emotions to the political culture of a decade which saw extraordinary violence against those regarded as 'un-English'.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-11-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403993335

DOI: 10.1057/9780230582002

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 232