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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798039403321

Titolo

Mediating peace : reconciliation through visual art, music and film / / edited by Sebastian Kim, Pauline Kollontai and Sue Yore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-8775-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Disciplina

700.103

Soggetti

Arts and society

Peace-building

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the role and contributions of art, music and film in peace-building and reconciliation, offering a distinctive approach in various forms of art in peace-building in a wide range of conflict situations, particularly in religiously plural contexts. As such, it provides readers with a comprehensive perspective on the subject. The contributors are composed of prominent scholars and artists who examine theoretical, professional and practical perspectives and debates, and address three central research questions, which form the theoretical basis of this project: namely, 'In what