Histoires culturelles du National Health Service en Grande-Bretagne

Posters, protests, and prescriptions: Cultural histories of the National Health Service in Britain 

Jennifer Crane & Jane Hand (Editors) 

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manchester University Press (June 7, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526163462

The National Health Service has provided Britain’s healthcare since 1948. This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex reforms and restructures. But the meanings of the NHS are not only – or even primarily – lived out in politics. Nearly every Briton comes into contact with the NHS – from cradle to grave – and this system of healthcare shapes society, culture and everyday life. This book charts these multiple meanings, looking at the NHS as a site of work, activism and consumerism, as a space and in cultural representations. Looking in these ways, the book shows how and why the NHS has become a symbol of Britishness and an object of fierce protectiveness, even love, today.