Reconstructing the Body - Carden-Coyne, Ana (Co-Director, Centre for the Cultural History of War, University of Manchester)

Carden-Coyne investigates the cultural response to the horrors of the First World War in America, Britain, and Australia. Wartime had ruined bodies and disfigured a generation, but post-war ideals of beauty and resilience influenced social, medical and cultural imagery that renewed faith in humanity and allowed people to rebuild their lives.