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War memory and popular culture : essays on modes of remembrance and commemoration / edited by Michael Keren and Holger H. Herwig.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: HM554 .W373 2009

Overview

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.
Format: Book
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009]
©2009
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Keren, Michael, 1944-
Herwig, Holger H.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 9780786441419
0786441410
Physical Description: vi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: War and society. War memorials--Social aspects. Memorialization--Social aspects. Psychic trauma--Social aspects. Collective memory--Social aspects. War in art. War in mass media.

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