War and cultural heritage : biographies of place / edited by Marie Louise S©ırensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose.

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Material type: Text

TextDescription: xx, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmISBN:

9781107059337

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DDC classification:

940.2 23

LOC classification:

CC135 .W37 2015

Contents:

Introduction: The impact of conflict on cultural heritage: a biographical lens / Marie Louise Stig S©ırensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose -- Dybbol: the construction and reconstruction of a memorial landscape / Marie Louise Stig S©ırensen and Inge Adriansen -- "The cemetery of France": reconstruction and memorialisation on the battlefield of Verdun (France) / Jean-Paul Amat, Paola Filippucci and Edwige Savouret -- Something old, something new: the materiality of tradition and power in the post-Civil war reconstruction of Gernika's Foru Plaza / Dacia Viejo-Rose -- The Dresden Frauenkirche as a contested symbol: the architecture of remembrance after war / Karl-Siegbert Rehberg and Matthias Neutzner -- The Prison of Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain): a life story / A. Gonz©Łlez-Ruibal and Carmen Ortiz -- "A heritage of resistance": the changing meanings of Belgrade's General¿Łtab / Ben Davenport -- Grand ruins: the case of Ledra Palace Hotel and the rendering of "conflict" as heritage in Cyprus / Olga Demetriou -- Changing meaning of Second World War monuments in post-Dayton Bosnia Herzegovina: a case study of the Kozara Monument and Memorial Complex / Dzenan Sahovic and Dino Zulumovic -- Imagining community in Bosnia: constructing and reconstructing the Slana Banja Memorial Complex in Tuzla / Ioannis Armakolas -- Postscript 1: The time of place / David Uzzell -- Postscript 2: When memory takes place / Carsten Paludan-Muller.

Scope and content: "The reconstruction of society after conflict is complex and multifaceted. This book investigates this theme as it relates to cultural heritage through a number of case studies relating to European wars since 1864. The case studies show in detail how buildings, landscapes, and monuments become important agents in postconflict reconstruction, as well as how their meanings change and how they become sites of competition over historical narratives and claims. Looking at iconic and lesser-known sites, this book connects broad theoretical discussions of reconstruction and memorialization to specific physical places, and in the process it traces shifts in their meanings over time. This book identifies common threads and investigates their wider implications. It explores the relationship between cultural heritage and international conflict, paying close attention to the long aftermaths of acts of destruction and reconstruction and making important contributions through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory. Marie Louise Stig Sorensen is a Reader in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Bronze Age Studies at Leiden University. She coordinates the University of Cambridge's postgraduate degree program in archaeological heritage and museums, one of the first degree courses in this field"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The reconstruction of society after conflict is complex and multifaceted. This book investigates this theme as it relates to cultural heritage through a number of case studies relating to European wars since 1864. The case studies show in detail how buildings, landscapes, and monuments become important agents in postconflict reconstruction, as well as how their meanings change and how they become sites of competition over historical narratives and claims. Looking at iconic and lesser-known sites, this book connects broad theoretical discussions of reconstruction and memorialization to specific physical places, and in the process it traces shifts in their meanings over time. This book identifies common threads and investigates their wider implications. It explores the relationship between cultural heritage and international conflict, paying close attention to the long aftermaths of acts of destruction and reconstruction and making important contributions through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory. Marie Louise Stig Sorensen is a Reader in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Bronze Age Studies at Leiden University. She coordinates the University of Cambridge's postgraduate degree program in archaeological heritage and museums, one of the first degree courses in this field"--Provided by publisher.