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Welcome Home, Boys!
Sebastian Jobs
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Description for Welcome Home, Boys!
Paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. This book focuses on organizers, spectators, and soldiers. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ASZP; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. In this incisive new study, Sebastian Jobs approaches these events as political street theater. Focusing on organizers, spectators, and soldiers, Jobs explores each group's participation in the action, as well as the ways in which they interacted with each another. This book also demonstrates how abstract concepts, like the nation-state, were embodied in these events and how these political performances ... Read more
During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. In this incisive new study, Sebastian Jobs approaches these events as political street theater. Focusing on organizers, spectators, and soldiers, Jobs explores each group's participation in the action, as well as the ways in which they interacted with each another. This book also demonstrates how abstract concepts, like the nation-state, were embodied in these events and how these political performances ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593397450
SKU
V9783593397450
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Ref
99-15
About Sebastian Jobs
Sebastian Jobs is a research fellow at the Graduate School of Cultural Encounters and the Discourse of Scholarship at the University of Rostock, Germany.
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