书目名称 | Edith Cavell and her Legend | 编辑 | Christine E. Hallett | 视频video | | 概述 | Addresses the ways in which successive generations have attempted to understand the life, work and execution of civilian nurse, Edith Cavell.Challenges existing propagandist representations depicting | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book examines the myriad identities and portrayals of Edith Cavell, as they have been constructed and handed down by propagandists, biographers and artists. Cavell was first introduced to the British public through a series of Foreign Office statements which claimed to establish the “facts” of her case. Her own voice, along with those of her family, colleagues and friends, were muted, as a monolithic image of a national heroine and martyr emerged. The book identifies two main areas of tension in her commemoration: firstly, the contrast between complexity of her own behaviour and motivations and the simplicity of the “Cavell Legend” that was constructed around her; and, secondly, the mismatch between the attempts of individuals and professional organisations to commemorate her life and work, and the public construction of a “heroine” who could be of value to the nation state. | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | nursing history; women‘s history; first world war; pacifism; wartime propaganda | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54371-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-54371-4 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 |
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