For Us It Was Heaven : The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton -- from the Spanish Civil War to Mao's China (LSE Studies in Spanish History)

Jackson, Angela

Liverpool University Press（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781845195151
• DDC分類 946.08092

Full Description

Patience Darton's unpublished letters and papers from 1930s Spain and 1950s China are at the heart of this new biography by Angela Jackson, together with testimony from recorded interviews and a wealth of photographs that illustrate the life of this remarkable woman. 'For us it was Heaven' tells the story of a young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that will strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women today. While Patience nursed near the front lines in Spain, she met and fell in love with Robert, a German volunteer in the International Brigades, deeply committed to fighting fascism. Their passionate relationship coloured the rest of her long life, taking her to communist China and then, finally, back to Spain. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE: BUILDING A FRAME OF REPRESENTATION

1. The Press, the Personal and News Values

2. Issues of Public and Private

3. Unifying Key Themes

PART TWO: EXPLORING TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATION

4. Histories of Homosexuality: Definition and Discrimination

5. Private Lives, Public Consequences: Representation Pre-1980

6. Immoral Sexuality, Moralistic Press Coverage: Representation 1980-1990

PART THREE: EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATION

7. Histories of Homosexuality: the (Slow) Advancement of Gay Equality

8. Scurrilous Politicians, Scandalous Stories: Representation 1990-1997

9. Public Life, Public Pressures: Representation Post-1997

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index