Flemish Nationalism and the Great War [electronic resource] : The Politics of Memory, Visual Culture and Commemoration /
Shelby, K.author.
Karen Shelby addresses the IJzertoren Memorial, which is dedicated to the Flemish dead of the Great War, and the role the monument has played in the discussions among the various political, social and cultural ideologies of the Flemish community.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Flanders and the Great War; Belgium: Flanders and Wallonia; Nationalist implications of the Great War; Flanders; The Great War and the sites and symbols of Flemish nationalism; Memory and commemoration of the Great War; Contemporary implications; 2 IJzerbedevaart : The Last Summer Pilgrimage to the IJzer; 3 A Flemish Nation: Catholicism, Language and the Medieval Past; Language laws and political flamingantism; The Flemish language and a Flemish nation; The influence of nationalism
Catholicism and Flemish nationalismTransformation in the Kingdom of Belgium; Verzuiling : the cultural organization of Flanders; 4 The Battle of the Golden Spurs: Enlistment Propaganda and the Front Movement; In defense of a Flemish nation or the Belgian state?; Frontbeweging (The Front Movement): the origins of a cultural movement; 5 A Politicized Movement and the Memorialization of the Flemish Soldier; Activists and passivists: flamingant partition; The heldenhuldezerken (little Flemish heroes' tombstones)
" ... at their feet shall reap the seed of new life" The first IJzertoren (1919-1946)6 The IJzertoren: A Heldenhuldezerk for all of Flanders; The crypt: burial of the IJzer symbols; " ... truly a cross of Flanders" (" ... echt een kruis van Vlaanderen "); Statues for the martyrs; A politically charged Flanders: 1918-1933; 7 World War I Memorial or Symbol of Autonomy?: Collaboration and the IJzertoren; The Flemish legion; Collaboration and the IJzertoren; March 15, 1946: destruction of the IJzertoren; Reconstruction/resurrection; The second IJzertoren; A new tower - a new symbol?
8 IJzerbedevaart : The Pilgrimage to the IJzerThe ritual; The pilgrimages to the IJzer dead; Martyrs; "Amnestie, Amnestie, Amnestie!"; The 11th pilgrimage and the dedication of the tower; The Second World War; A shift in the pilgrimage: From Godsvrede to tolerance; 93 Years [or 86?]: the pilgrimage comes to an end; 9 The IJzerwake: A Different Memory of the Great War; Godsvrede; The meadow; IJzerwake 2012: Omver en Erover; A traditional pilgrimage; 10 Transformation: The IJzertoren Memorial Museum to the Museum aan de IJzer; The first museum program
Visual culture in the IJzertoren Memorial Museum: art and propaganda?The Museum aan de IJzer; The memory in a memorial, memory in a museum; 11 Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Karen Shelby addresses the IJzertoren Memorial, which is dedicated to the Flemish dead of the Great War, and the role the monument has played in the discussions among the various political, social and cultural ideologies of the Flemish community.
Europe-History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Civilization-History.
Military history.
Social history.
History, Modern.
European History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Cultural History.
History of Military.
Social History.
Modern History.