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Grassroots Memorials: The Politics of Memorializing Traumatic Death
Peter Jan Margry (Ed.)
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Description for Grassroots Memorials: The Politics of Memorializing Traumatic Death
Hardback. Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms.. Editor(s): Margry, Peter Jan; Sanchez Carretero, Cristina. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 356 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms with traumatic loss. This volume focuses on the hybrid quality of these temporary memorials as both monuments of mourning and as focal points for protest and expression of discontent. The broad range of case studies in this volume include anti-mafia shrines, Theo van Gogh’s memorial, ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
356
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Remapping Cultural History
Condition
New
Weight
637g
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857451897
SKU
V9780857451897
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About Peter Jan Margry (Ed.)
Peter Jan Margry is an ethnologist and a senior research fellow at the Meertens Institute, at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam. He is guest professor of Religious Studies at the University of Leuven. His work focuses on contemporary religious cultures, rituals, and cultural memory. He has published many books and articles in these fields, among ... Read more
Reviews for Grassroots Memorials: The Politics of Memorializing Traumatic Death
“It is evident that the editors have gone to some considerable effort to assemble a rich, diverse ethnographic treasure-trove, and to anticipate any charges of Eurocentrism by also drawing on examples of makeshift memorials from other parts of the world. Meanwhile, the thoughtful reflexivity demonstrated by several of the contributors vis-à-vis their own emotional and epistemological locations within the case ... Read more