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History and Popular Memory : The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis / Paul Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goujian, -465 B.C--Influence.
- Goujian.
- Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431--Influence.
- Joan.
- Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture)--Influence.
- Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture).
- Henry V (Motion picture : 1944)--Influence.
- Henry V (Motion picture : 1944).
- Historiography--Social aspects--Case studies.
- Historiography.
- Collective memory--Case studies.
- Collective memory.
- Crises--History--Case studies.
- Crises.
- Kosovo, Battle of, Kosovo, 1389--Influence.
- Kosovo, Battle of, Kosovo, 1389.
- Masada Site (Israel)--Siege, 72-73--Influence.
- Masada Site (Israel).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- When people experience a traumatic event, such as war or the threat of annihilation, they often turn to history for stories that promise a positive outcome to their suffering. During World War II, the French took comfort in the story of Joan of Arc and her heroic efforts to rid France of foreign occupation. To bring the Joan narrative more into line with current circumstances, popular retellings modified the original story so that what people believed took place in the past was often quite different from what actually occurred.Paul A. Cohen believes this interplay between story an
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Battle of Kosovo of 1389 and Serbian Nationalism
- 2. The Fall of Masada and Modern Jewish Memory
- 3. Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Nationalist Policy, and the Story of King Goujian
- 4. The Enigma of the Appeal of Joan of Arc in Wartime France
- 5. Artful Propaganda in World War II: Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky and Olivier's Henry V
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780231537292
- 0231537298
- OCLC:
- 875095737
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