Postnational memory peace and war ; making pasts beyond borders / Nigel Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Nigel, 1938- author.

Series:

Memory studies: global constellations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

War and society--History.

War and society.

History.

War in art.

War in literature.

Transnationalism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 363 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"This book examines the phenomenon of modern memory as a reaction to total war, an aspiration to truth-seeking provoked by the independent forces of modern war and collective violence which is transnational, or postnational, in character. Using examples from prose and poetry, film and theatre, painting and photography, and music and the popular arts, the author traces a narrative path through the events of the 20th century, defining the tradition of modern memory in terms of its essentially anti-militaristic, anti-war character, as expressed in the manner in which it represents recalled violence and atrocity. Through a series of thematic discussions of two world wars, the Shoah, urbicide and nuclear weapons, Postnational Memory explores the formation of transnational memory, drawing on examples from industrialised societies, with a focus on memory of real events and their reproduction in literature and the arts, often including personal recollections that link the self to the represented past. As such, by asking how the concept of modern memory is constructed through the victims of war and genocide, the book constitutes an alternative to national memories and hegemonic, militarist or ethnocentric histories. Surveying the emergence of new, transnational forms of remembering the past, it will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, memory studies and peace studies, as well as those working in disciplines such as modern and international history, cultural studies and military studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Young, Nigel, 1938- Postnational memory

ISBN:

9780367110963

0367110962

9780367110970

0367110970

OCLC:

1113330650