Ireland, the Great War, and the geography of remembrance
By: Nuala C. Johnson.
Series: Cambridge studies in historical geography ;; 35
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland; Memory -- Social aspects; Memorials -- Ireland; Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Description: "Nuala C. Johnson explores the complex relationship between social memory and space in the representation of war in Ireland. The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Dr. Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of the development of memorial landscapes, and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. Attractively illustrated, this book combines theoretical perspectives with original primary research showing how memory took place in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both a cause and effect of this process. Of interest to scholars in a number of disciplines, Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance shows powerfully how Irish efforts to collectively remember the Great War were constantly in dialogue with issues surrounding the national question and how the memories themselves bore witness to these tensions and ambiguities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibiliographical references (p. 172-184) and index.