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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451708603321

Autore

Larkin Craig

Titolo

Memory and conflict in Lebanon : remembering and forgetting the past / / raig Larkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-49062-0

0-203-13797-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Exeter studies in ethno politics ; ; 3

Disciplina

956.9204/4

956.92044

Soggetti

Youth and war - Lebanon

Collective memory - Lebanon

Politics and war - Lebanon

Peace-building - Lebanon

Electronic books.

Lebanon Politics and government 1990-

Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990 Psychological aspects

Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Memory and Conflict in Lebanon; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on language; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: beyond the war?; 2. Locating a postmemory generation; 3. Contesting Lebanon: history, identity and co-existence; 4. (Re)imagining the nation: school, street and the 'Independence Intifada'; 5. Space, place and site: inhabiting post-war memoryscapes; 6. Time, story and myth: narrating Lebanon's future; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the legacy of Lebanon's civil war and how the population, and the youth in particular, are dealing with their national past. Drawing on extensive qualitative research and social observation, the author explores the efforts of those who wish to remember, so as not to repeat past mistakes, and those who wish to forget.In



considering how the Lebanese youth are negotiating this collective memory, Larkin addresses issues of:Lebanese post-war amnesia and the gradual emergence of new memory discourses and public debates Lebanese nation