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Author Handley-Cousins, Sarah, 1984- author.

Title Bodies in blue : disability in the Civil War north / Sarah Handley-Cousins.

Publication Info. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Uncivil wars
Uncivil wars.
Summary "Disabled soldiers and veterans occupied a difficult space in the Civil War North. The realities of living with a disability were ever at odds with the expectations of manhood. Disability made it difficult for soldiers to adhere to the particular masculine standards of the Union Army, yet when soldiers were able to control their bodies in order to fit manly ideals, they were met with suspicion when they requested accommodation or support. The very definition of masculine disability was ever in dispute as soldiers, physicians, lawmakers, bureaucrats and civilians each questioned what made a war wound authentic. Further, they each pondered what role disabled soldiers should play, whether in the course of war, in the progression of medicine, or in Gilded Age politics. It is in this tension, between the demands of masculinity and the realities of disability, that we can see the murkier undercurrent of the history of disabled Civil War veterans: that even when surrounded by the triumphant cheers and sentimental sighs that praised war wounds as patriotic sacrifices, disabled Union veterans faced enormous difficulty as they negotiated a life spent walking the fine line between manliness and emasculation. Sarah Handley-Cousins's manuscript makes an important contribution to the burgeoning field of the Civil War veteran experience, Civil War medicine, masculinity, and the soldier transition to civilian life. She breaks new ground with her focus on invisible wounds, as most scholars have concentrated on amputees"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016, titled "A physical wreck of his former self" : gender and disability in the post Civil War north.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gather the invalids -- Army of the walking sick -- The United States government is entitled to all of you -- The disabled lion of Union -- Man or mercenary -- The long, long years of misery.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Disabled veterans -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Disabled veterans.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
Masculinity -- Social aspects -- United States -- 19th century.
Masculinity -- Social aspects.
Masculinity.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Physical wreck of his former self https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018161913
Other Form: Print version: Handley-Cousins, Sarah, 1984- Physical wreck of his former self. Bodies in blue. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019] 9780820355184 (DLC) 2018049579 (OCoLC)1052877429
ISBN 9780820355191 (electronic book)
0820355194 (electronic book)
9780820355184
0820355186