Racial Erasure and Rehabilitation in the Great War
Product Description:
Abstract: using a disability studies lens, this presentation explores the representative tension between wounded white soldiers and soldiers of color in the United States during the Great War. Looking through the lens of a national discourse of rehabilitation, this presentation investigates how rehabilitation often erased the stories, the suffering, and the heroism of veterans of color.
Keyword(s):
disability studies, African American veterans, rehabilitation history, World War I
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Conference presentations and posters presented
Target Audience:
Professionals
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