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

• Autore: Frost Warwick
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 394.2
• Soggetto topico: Special events; Anniversaries; Memorials
• Altri autori: LaingJennifer <1967->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Commemorative events
• ISBN: 0-203-37461-4; 1-299-31968-8; 1-136-69108-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812119003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series