New PDF release: War and Cultural Heritage: Biographies of Place

By Marie Louise Stig Sørensen,Dacia Viejo Rose

ISBN-10: 110705933X

ISBN-13: 9781107059337

The reconstruction of society after clash is complicated and multifaceted. This e-book investigates this subject because it pertains to cultural history via a few case reviews in relation to eu wars because 1864. The case experiences convey intimately how constructions, landscapes, and monuments develop into very important brokers in post-conflict reconstruction, in addition to how their meanings swap and the way they turn into websites of festival over old narratives and claims. iconic and lesser-known websites, this e-book connects extensive theoretical discussions of reconstruction and memorialisation to precise actual areas, and within the method it lines shifts of their meanings over the years. This ebook identifies universal threads and investigates their wider implications. It explores the connection among cultural history and overseas clash, paying shut recognition to the lengthy aftermaths of acts of destruction and reconstruction and making very important contributions by utilizing new empirical facts and important theory.

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