Memorials of the great war in Britain : the symbolism and politics of remembrance / Alex King.

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King, Alex.

Title & Author:

Memorials of the great war in Britain : the symbolism and politics of remembrance / Alex King.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1998.

Description:

xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

The legacy of the great war

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-266) and index.
The Composition of a National Cult -- A Commemorative Tradition and its Application in War -- Talking About War Memorials -- The Choice of a Memorial -- The War Memorial Business -- War Memorial Imagery -- The Canonisation of Common People -- Moral Obligation and Politics in the Commemoration of the Dead -- Sacred Union.

Summary:

"Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These memorials were the sites of contested, multiple and ambiguous meanings, yet out of them a united public observance was created."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1859739830 (cloth)
9781859739839 (cloth)
1859739881 (pbk.)
9781859739884 (pbk.)

Subject:

Gedenkstätte
World War, 1914-1918 Monuments Great Britain.
War memorials Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Monuments Grande-Bretagne.
Monuments aux morts Grande-Bretagne.
Monuments.
War memorials.
Kriegerdenkmal
Weltkrieg
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Oorlogsmonumenten.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Legacy of the Great War.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201983
Call No.: D680.G7 K5 1998
Status: Available

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