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War Memories
Belanger, Stephanie A. H.; Dickason, Renee
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Description for War Memories
Paperback. Shaping individual and collective war memories through the art of commemoration. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBW; JWL; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
War Memories explores the patchwork formed by collective memory, public remembrance, private recollection, and the ways in which they form a complex composition of observations, initiatives, and experiences. Offering an international perspective on war commemoration, contributors consider the process of assembling historical facts and subjective experiences to show how these points of view diverge according to various social, cultural, political, and historical perspectives. Encompassing the representations of wars in the English-speaking world over the last hundred years, this collection presents an extensive, yet integrated, reflection on various types of commemoration and interpretations of events. Essays respond to common questions regarding ... Read more
War Memories explores the patchwork formed by collective memory, public remembrance, private recollection, and the ways in which they form a complex composition of observations, initiatives, and experiences. Offering an international perspective on war commemoration, contributors consider the process of assembling historical facts and subjective experiences to show how these points of view diverge according to various social, cultural, political, and historical perspectives. Encompassing the representations of wars in the English-speaking world over the last hundred years, this collection presents an extensive, yet integrated, reflection on various types of commemoration and interpretations of events. Essays respond to common questions regarding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547940
SKU
V9780773547940
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About Belanger, Stephanie A. H.; Dickason, Renee
Ste phanie A.H. Be langer is associate professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and co-editor of Military Operations and the Mind: War Ethics and Soldiers' ... Read more
Reviews for War Memories
" War Memories introduces a new perspective by shedding light on unknown aspects of the field. The diversity of articles, the many wars mentioned, and the great number of countries concerned with war memories are but some of the elements that make this vol