Cultures of Commemoration
War Memorials, Ancient and Modern
1st Edition
Published on 10. May 2012
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-0-19-726466-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents studies of military commemorative practices in Western culture, from 5th-century BC Greece, through two World Wars, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This new comparative approach reveals that the distant past has had a lasting influence on commemorative practice in modern times.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Scholars and students of ancient, modern, and cultural history.
Illustrations
26 s/w Abbildungen
26 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726466-9 (9780197264669)
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Edited by Polly Low, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Manchester, Graham Oliver, Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture, University of Liverpool, and P.J. Rhodes, Honorary Professor of Ancient History, University of Durham; Fellow of the British Academy
Contributors:
P. J. Rhodes, University of Durham and Fellow of the British Academy
Polly Low, University of Manchester
Alison Cooley, University of Warwick
Angelos Chaniotis, University of Heidelberg
Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv University
Graham Oliver, University of Liverpool
Stefan Goebel, University of Cambridge
Lawrence A. Tritle, Loyola Marymount University
Contributors:
P. J. Rhodes, University of Durham and Fellow of the British Academy
Polly Low, University of Manchester
Alison Cooley, University of Warwick
Angelos Chaniotis, University of Heidelberg
Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv University
Graham Oliver, University of Liverpool
Stefan Goebel, University of Cambridge
Lawrence A. Tritle, Loyola Marymount University
Content
Preface
Comparing Cultures of Commemoration in Ancient and Modern Societies
The Monuments ot the War Dead in Classical Athens: Forms, Contexts, Meanings
Commemorating the War Dead of the Roman World
The Ritualised Commemoration of War in the Hellenistic City: Memory, Identity, Emotion
Two Neo-Classical Monuments in Modern France: The Pantheon and Arc de Triomphe
Naming the Dead, Writing the Individual: Classical Traditions and Commemorative Practices in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Cultural Memory and the Great War: Medievalism and Classicism in British and German War Memorials
Monument to Defeat: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in American Culture and Society
Comparing Cultures of Commemoration in Ancient and Modern Societies
The Monuments ot the War Dead in Classical Athens: Forms, Contexts, Meanings
Commemorating the War Dead of the Roman World
The Ritualised Commemoration of War in the Hellenistic City: Memory, Identity, Emotion
Two Neo-Classical Monuments in Modern France: The Pantheon and Arc de Triomphe
Naming the Dead, Writing the Individual: Classical Traditions and Commemorative Practices in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Cultural Memory and the Great War: Medievalism and Classicism in British and German War Memorials
Monument to Defeat: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in American Culture and Society