03406nam 2200661Ia 450 991080878930332120200520144314.01-282-97586-297866129758680-253-00492-6(CKB)2670000000061928(OCoLC)695996370(CaPaEBR)ebrary10437986(SSID)ssj0000459196(PQKBManifestationID)11282946(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459196(PQKBWorkID)10460951(PQKB)11173714(MiAaPQ)EBC624334(OCoLC)694729265(MdBmJHUP)muse17062(Au-PeEL)EBL624334(CaPaEBR)ebr10437986(CaONFJC)MIL297586(EXLCZ)99267000000006192820100319d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMemorials and martyrs in modern Lebanon /Lucia VolkBloomington Indiana University Pressc20101 online resource (272 p.) Public cultures of the Middle East and North AfricaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-253-22230-3 0-253-35523-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The politics of memory in Lebanon: sectarianism, memorials, and martyrdom -- Sculpting independence: competing ceremonies and mutilated faces (1915-1957) -- Remembering civil wars: fearless faces and wounded bodies (1958-1995) -- Reconstructing while re-destructing Lebanon: dismembered bodies and national unity (1996-2003) -- Revisiting independence and mobilizing resistance: assassinations, massacres, and divided memory-scapes (2004-2006) -- Memorial politics and national imaginings: possibilities and limits.Lebanese history is often associated with sectarianism and hostility between religious communities, but by examining public memorials and historical accounts Lucia Volk finds evidence for a sustained politics of Muslim and Christian co-existence. Lebanese Muslim and Christian civilians were jointly commemorated as martyrs for the nation after various episodes of violence in Lebanese history. Sites of memory sponsored by Maronite, Sunni, Shiite, and Druze elites have shared the goal of creating cross-community solidarity by honoring the joint sacrifice of civilians of different religious communities. This compelling and lucid study enhances our understanding of culture and politics in the Middle East and the politics of memory in situations of ongoing conflict.Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.MartyrsMonumentsLebanonMemorialsLebanonNationalism and collective memoryLebanonLebanonEthnic relationsMartyrsMonumentsMemorialsNationalism and collective memory956.9204Volk Lucia1124137MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808789303321Memorials and martyrs in modern Lebanon3923118UNINA