The tomb of the unknown soldier, modern mourning, and the reinvention of the mystical body /

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"At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic nationa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wittman, Laura, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
Temas:
Unknown military personnel > Social aspects > Italy.
Unknown military personnel > Political aspects > Italy.
Soldiers' monuments > Social aspects > Italy.
War memorials > Social aspects > Italy.
Mourning customs > Italy.
Human body > Symbolic aspects > Italy.
Soldats inconnus > Aspect social > Italie.
Soldats inconnus > Aspect politique > Italie.
Monuments commémoratifs militaires > Aspect social > Italie.
Monuments aux morts > Aspect social > Italie.
Deuil > Coutumes > Italie.
Corps humain > Aspect symbolique > Italie.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Mourning customs.
Unbekannter Soldat
Kriegerdenkmal
Kollektives Gedächtnis
War monuments.
The unknown soldier (Linna)
Mourning.
Social aspects.
Human body.
Krigsmonument > Italien.
Italy.
Italien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.
Bringing together literature, newspaper accounts, wartime correspondence, and popular culture, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier examines how the Unknown Soldier was imagined in diverse national contexts and used by radically opposed political parties. Laura Wittman argues that this monument established a connection between the wounded body vulnerable to the war machine and a modern identity defined by common mortality and social alienation. Highly original and interdisciplinary, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier powerfully links the symbolic language and ethics of mourning to a fascinating national ritual."--Pub. desc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 439 pages) : illustrations, portraits, digital file.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442696006
1442696001

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