• ISBN13: 9780521660044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 1999
• Pages: 222
• Original Price: GBP 55.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 459 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Australia & New Zealand, Military / General, and Death, Grief, Bereavement

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 men and women in different ways, and analyzes the gendered dimensions of grief.