| Description |
vi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while centering around fundamental question of whether these new forms of memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or forgetting of the experience of war, as well as what implications this process may have for the continuation of the modern nation state"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Commemorating Jewish martyrdom? / Michael Keren -- The ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme / Dan Todman -- Popular memory in northern Ireland / Rebecca Lynn Graff-McRae -- Manufacturing memory at Gallipoli / Bruce C. Scates -- Commemoration and consumption in Normandy, 1945-1994 / Sam Edwards -- Nuclear war and popular culture / Arthur G. Neal -- The cult of heroic death in Nazi architecture / Holger H. Herwig -- The superhero comic book as war memorial / Bart Beaty -- The BBC's "people's war" website / Lucy Noakes -- Inscribing narratives of occupation in Israeli popular memory / Tamar Katriel -- The Operation victory video game / Janis L. Goldie -- The Rwandan genocide in film / Kirsten McAllister. |
| Subject |
War and society.
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War memorials -- Social aspects.
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Memorialization -- Social aspects.
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Psychic trauma -- Social aspects.
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Collective memory -- Social aspects.
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War in art.
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War in mass media.
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| Added Author |
Keren, Michael, 1944-
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Herwig, Holger H.
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| ISBN |
9780786441419 softcover alkaline paper |
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0786441410 softcover alkaline paper |
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