Remembering war : the Great War between memory and history in the twentieth century
J. M. Winter (Author)
This is a masterful volume on remembrance and war in the twentieth century. Jay Winter locates the fascination with the subject of memory within a long-term trajectory that focuses on the Great War. Images, languages, and practices that appeared during and after the two world wars focused on the need to acknowledge the victims of war and shaped the ways in which future conflicts were imagined and remembered. At the core of the memory boom is an array of collective meditations on war and the victims of war, Winter says. The book begins by tracing the origins of contemporary interest in memory, then describes practices of remembrance that have linked history and memory, particularly in the first half of the twentieth century. The author also considers theaters of memoryfilm, television, museums, and war crimes trials in which the past is seen through public representations of memories. The book concludes with reflections on the significance of these practices for the cultural history of the twentieth century as a whole
1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: War, Memory, Remembrance
Part One: War and Remembrance
Chapter 1. The Setting: The Great War in the Memory Boom of the Twentieth Century
Chapter 2. Shell Shock, Memory, and Identity
Part Two: Practices of Remembrance
Chapter 3. All Quiet on the Eastern Front:Photography and Remembrance
Chapter 4. War Letters: Cultural Memory and the ��Soldiers� Tale�� of the Great War
Chapter 5. Ironies of War: Intellectual Styles and Responses to the Great War in Britain and France Chapter 6. War Memorials: A Social Agency InterpretationChapter 7. War, Migration, and Remembrance: Britain and Her Dominions
Part Three: Theaters of Memory
Chapter 8. Grand Illusions: War, Film, and Collective Memory
Chapter 9. Between History and Memory:Television, Public History, and Historical Scholarship
Chapter 10. War Museums: The Historial and Historical Scholarship
Chapter 11. ��Witness to a Time��: Authority, Experience, and the Two World Wars
Part Four: The Memory Boom and the Twentieth Century Chapter 12. Controversies and ConclusionNotes
Bibliography
Index