War memory and popular culture
Subtitle: essays on modes of remembrance and commemoration
By: edited by Michael Keren and Holger H. Herwig.
Contributors: Keren, Michael.; Herwig, Holger H.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780786441419
Subjects: War and society; War memorials -- Social aspects; Memorialization -- Social aspects; Psychic trauma -- Social aspects; Collective memory -- Social aspects; War in art; War in mass media
Description: "This work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while centering around fundamental question of whether these new forms of memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or forgetting of the experience of war, as well as what implications this process may have for the continuation of the modern nation state"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.