War memory and popular culture : essays on modes of remembrance and commemoration / edited by Michael Keren and Holger H. Herwig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keren, Michael, 1944-

Herwig, Holger H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society.

War memorials--Social aspects.

War memorials.

Memorialization--Social aspects.

Memorialization.

Psychic trauma--Social aspects.

Psychic trauma.

Collective memory--Social aspects.

Collective memory.

War in art.

War in mass media.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009]

Summary:

"This work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while centering around fundamental question of whether these new forms of memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or forgetting of the experience of war, as well as what implications this process may have for the continuation of the modern nation state"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Popularization of War Memory: Remembering or Foregetting?

Commemorating Jewish Martyrdom / Michael Keren 9

The Ninetieth Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme / Dan Todman 22

Popular Memory in Northern Ireland / Rebecca Lynn Graff-McRae 41

Manufacturing Memory at Gallipoli / Bruce C. Scates 57

Commemoration and Consumption in Normandy, 1945-1994 / Sam Edwards 76

Nuclear War and Popular Culture / Arthur G. Neal 92

Part II The Media of War Memory: Erosion of Hegemony?

The Cult of Heroic Death in Nazi Architecture / Holger H. Herwig 105

The Superhero Comic Book as War Memorial / Bart Beaty 120

The BBC's "People's War" Website / Lucy Noakes 135

Inscribing Narratives of Occupation in Israeli Popular Memory / Tamar Katriel 150

The Operation Victory Video Game / Janis L. Goldie 166

The Rwandan Genocide in Film / Kirsten McAllister 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786441410

9780786441419

OCLC:

263409130