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Long Shadows
Petra . Ed(S): Rau
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Paperback. "This edited collection saw its beginnings in an international conference titled "The Second World War: Popular Culture and Cultural Memory," organized in 2011 by Lucy Noakes, Juliette Pattinson, and myself at the University of Brighton"--Acknowledgements. Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Series Editor(s): Lassner, Phyllis. Series: Cultural Expressions of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Few countries attribute as much importance to the Second World War and its memory as Britain; arguably nowhere else has this conflict developed such longevity in cultural memory and retained such presence in contemporary culture. Long Shadows is about how literature and film have helped shape this process in Britain. More precisely, the essays collected here suggest that this is a continuous work in progress, subject to transgenerational revisions, political expediencies, commercial considerations, and the vicissitudes of popular taste. It would indeed be more accurate to speak of the meanings (plural) that the war has been given at various moments ... Read more
Few countries attribute as much importance to the Second World War and its memory as Britain; arguably nowhere else has this conflict developed such longevity in cultural memory and retained such presence in contemporary culture. Long Shadows is about how literature and film have helped shape this process in Britain. More precisely, the essays collected here suggest that this is a continuous work in progress, subject to transgenerational revisions, political expediencies, commercial considerations, and the vicissitudes of popular taste. It would indeed be more accurate to speak of the meanings (plural) that the war has been given at various moments ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Expressions of World War II
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810133280
SKU
V9780810133280
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About Petra . Ed(S): Rau
Petra Rau is a senior lecturer in modern literature at the University of East Anglia, UK.
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