The Heritage of War is an interdisciplinary study of the ways in
which heritage is mobilized in remembering war, and in
reconstructing landscapes, political systems and identities after
conflict. It examines the deeply contested nature of war heritage
in a series of places and contexts, highlighting the modes by which
governments, communities, and individuals claim validity for their
own experiences of war, and the meanings they attach to them.
From colonizing violence in South America to the United States
Civil War, the Second World War on three continents, genocide in
Rwanda and continuing divisions in Europe and the Middle East,
these studies bring us closer to the very processes of heritage
production. The Heritage of War uncovers the histories of heritage:
it charts the constant social and political construction of
heritage sites over time, by a series of different agents, and
explores the continuous reworking of meaning into the present.
What are the forces of contingency, agency and political power
that produce, define and sustain the heritage of war? How do
particular versions of the past and particular identities gain
legitimacy, while others are marginalised? In this book
contributors explore the active work by which heritage is produced
and reproduced in a series of case studies of memorialization,
battlefield preservation, tourism development, private remembering
and urban reconstruction. These are the acts of making sense of
war; they are acts that continue long after violent conflict itself
has ended.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Key Issues in Cultural Heritage |
Release date: |
August 2011 |
First published: |
2010 |
Editors: |
Martin Gegner
• Bart Ziino
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
288 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-59329-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Reference & Interdisciplinary >
Museums & museology
|
LSN: |
0-415-59329-8 |
Barcode: |
9780415593298 |
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