How Long to Read The Politics of Wounds

How Long Does it Take to Read The Politics of Wounds?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Politics of Wounds by Ana Carden-Coyne

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Politics of Wounds explores military patients' experiences of frontline medical evacuation, war surgery, and the social world of military hospitals during the First World War. The proximity of the front and the colossal numbers of wounded created greater public awareness of the impact of the war than had been seen in previous conflicts, with serious political consequences. Frequently referred to as 'our wounded', the central place of the soldier in society, as a symbol of the war's shifting meaning, drew contradictory responses of compassion, heroism, and censure. Wounds also stirred romantic and sexual responses. This volume reveals the paradoxical situation of the increasing political demand levied on citizen soldiers concurrent with the rise in medical humanitarianism and war-related charitable voluntarism. The physical gestures and poignant sounds of the suffering men reached across the classes, giving rise to convictions about patient rights, which at times conflicted with the military's pragmatism. Why, then, did patients represent military medicine, doctors and nurses in a negative light? The Politics of Wounds listens to the voices of wounded soldiers, placing their personal experience of pain within the social, cultural, and political contexts of military medical institutions. The author reveals how the wounded and disabled found culturally creative ways to express their pain, negotiate power relations, manage systemic tensions, and enact forms of 'soft resistance' against the societal and military expectations of masculinity when confronted by men in pain. The volume concludes by considering the way the state ascribed social and economic values on the body parts of disabled soldiers though the pension system.

How long is The Politics of Wounds?

The Politics of Wounds by Ana Carden-Coyne is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Politics of Wounds Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Politics of Wounds aloud.

What Reading Level is The Politics of Wounds?

The Politics of Wounds is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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