Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance

ISBN-13: 9780521826167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 206 str.

Opis

The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the setting for Nuala Johnson's pioneering examination of "the landscape of the national imaginery." Her study represents a major contribution to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. The book combines theoretical perspectives with original primary research revealing how memory literally occurred in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both cause and effect of the process.

Recenzje

'… interesting and readable. … [Johnson] deserves credit for her ambitious efforts and, most of all, for her many informative and sensible lines of argument on the spatial dimension of remembrance.' Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Geography, landscape and memory; 2. A call to arms: recruitment poster and propaganda; 3. Parading memory: peace day celebrations; 4. Sculpting memory: space, memorials and rituals of remembrance; 5. Scripting memory: literary landscapes and the war experience; 6. Remembering the Easter Rebellion 1916; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.