La Belle Indifference

Document Type

Creative Writing

Publication Date

5-2017

Department 1

English

Abstract

'"La Belle Indifference" is a personal essay about amputation, set in Gettysburg, that meditates on medical advances made through the Civil and current wars. La belle indifference is a term used in this specific medical context to describe a person's wish to separate from their physical injury, and the essay explores the ways in which separation from injuries past and present remains elusive.

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Original version available from the publisher at http://www.harvardreview.org/?q=print-issues/harvard-review-50

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