Remembrance today : poppies, grief and heroism /

Proposing a return to the original ideas of Remembrance, and suggesting many changes to the modern-day spectacle, this book is a powerful polemic on how our ideas of heroism, duty, and grief have lost their way. The text calls for a re-focusing of Remembrance from its divisive tradition to a more un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Ted
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, ©2012.
Temas:
War and society.
Memorial rites and ceremonies.
Collective memory.
Guerre et société.
Rites et cérémonies commémoratifs.
Mémoire collective.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Collective memory
Memorial rites and ceremonies
War and society
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Proposing a return to the original ideas of Remembrance, and suggesting many changes to the modern-day spectacle, this book is a powerful polemic on how our ideas of heroism, duty, and grief have lost their way. The text calls for a re-focusing of Remembrance from its divisive tradition to a more uniting and appropriate observance.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
ISBN:9781780230528
1780230524
9781299191211
1299191215

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