War Beyond Words: Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present

ISBN-13: 9781108466615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 314 str.

Jay Winter

Opis

Presents a panoramic history of transformations in our global imaginings of war from 1914 to the present.

Recenzje

'… War Beyond Words provides a sweeping study of Western cultural memories of warfare, packed with references that provide a valuable starting point for any student of the subject.' Lizzie Oliver, Journal of Contemporary History

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Vectors of Memory: 1. Configuring war; 2. Photographing war; 3. Filming war; 4. Writing war; Part II. Frameworks of Memory: 5. Memory and the sacred: martyrdom in the twentieth century and beyond; 6. The geometry of memory: horizontality and war memorials in the twentieth century and after; 7. War beyond words: shell shock, silence, and memories of war; Conclusion.