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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465121903321

Autore

Frost Warwick

Titolo

Commemorative events : memory, identities, conflict / / Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-37461-4

1-299-31968-8

1-136-69108-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in event research series

Altri autori (Persone)

LaingJennifer

Disciplina

394.2

Soggetti

Special events

Anniversaries

Memorials

Electronic books.

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

Commemorative Events Memory, identities,conflict; Copryright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; 1 Understanding commemorative events; 2 Imagining national identities; 3 Dark, disturbing and difficult commemorative events; 4 The tourism paradox; 5 It happened at the world's fair; 6 The re-enactors' world; 7 A day at Battle; 8 Cultural commemorations; 9 Commercial commemorations; 10 The legacy of commemorative events; 11 Why we need commemorative events; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however carry high propensity for controversy as memory and identity are highly subjective and other stakeholders hold different views of what should be commemorated and why. This is the first book to provide an in - depth critical examination of commemorative events, particularly what they mean to