Mothers of heroes, mothers of martyrs : World War I and the politics of grief /

Suzanne Evans finds commonalities between the many images of war mothers - the Canadian Silver Cross mother, the ancient Jewish Maccabean mother of seven martyred sons, the mother of a Palestinian suicide bomber. She compares the lore about mothers of martyrs in the Judeo-Christian, Muslim, and Sikh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Suzanne, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
1900-1999
Martyrdom.
Sacrifice.
Child sacrifice > History.
Mother and child > Religious aspects > History.
Mother and child > Political aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Casualties.
Mothers of war casualties > Canada > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
Mothers of soldiers > Canada > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
Martyre.
Sacrifice d'enfants > Histoire.
Mère et enfant > Aspect politique > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Pertes.
Mères de morts de guerre > Canada > Attitudes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mères de militaires > Canada > Attitudes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Battle casualties.
Child sacrifice.
Mother and child > Religious aspects.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs
  • Introduction Heroes and Martyrs
  • The Seeds of the Martyrs Stories of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Sikh Mothers of Martyrs
  • The Language of Sacrifice The Voice of Preachers and Artists in World War I
  • You Are All I Have to Give: War Mothers' Stories, Rewards, and the Other Face of Loss
  • Monuments and Memories The Mother's Role in the Sad Work of Commemoration
  • Governance of the Gardens of the Dead War Graves, the Ancient Greeks, and the Need to Remember and to ForgetConclusion Mothers and Memories
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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