CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Szeghő, Patrik |
|---|---|
| Title | Recollections of British Medical Women on Serbia during the First World War |
| Summary | The Serbian image was reconstructed to justify British medical women’s involvement in the Great War, while show-casing their war work, contributing to the struggle against German domination, as a devotion to protect the British national-imperial interest. Besides the temporal escape from the constraints of industrialized, rushing civilization of Great Britain, Serbia offered satisfaction and moreover motivation for Dr Inglis, Stobart, Dr Matthews and Aldridge to explore their professional interests and curiosity. War-time comradeship, close cooperation with the Serbian authorities and day-to-day encounter with the locals fostered the formation of an imaginary bond between the British and Serbian nations. Resembling the Western geographical imagination, Serbia remained associated with a subordinated and separate geographical space relocated to Europe, while the newly developed friendship, nonetheless, established Serbia as an inferior partner who required British patronisation to achieve civilizational progression. |
| Supervisor | Pető, Andrea |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/szegho_patrik.pdf |
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