Memorials in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict From History to Heritage

Through case studies from Europe and Russia, this volume analyses memorials as a means for the present to make claims on the past in the aftermath of armed conflict. The central contention is that memorials are not backward-looking, inert reminders of past events, but instead active triggers of pers...

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig (-), Viejo-Rose, Dacia, Filippucci, Paola
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2019.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Through case studies from Europe and Russia, this volume analyses memorials as a means for the present to make claims on the past in the aftermath of armed conflict. The central contention is that memorials are not backward-looking, inert reminders of past events, but instead active triggers of personal and shared emotion, that are inescapably political, bound up with how societies reconstruct their present and future as they negotiate their way out of (and sometimes back into) conflict. A central aim of the book is to highlight and illustrate the cultural and ethical complexity of memorials, as focal points for a tension between the notion of memory as truth, and the practice of memory as negotiable. By adopting a relatively bounded temporal and spatial scope, the volume seeks to move beyond the established focus on national traditions, to reveal cultural commonalities and shared influences in the memorial forms and practices of individual regions and of particular conflicts. .
Descripción Física:XIX, 312 p., 59 il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783030180911