Reading monuments a comparative study of monuments in Poznań and Strasbourg from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

This book tells the story of monuments in two cities that share a parallel and turbulent history: Strasbourg and Poznan. With the Franco-Prussian War begins the well-known story of the destruction and erection of memorials. This book not only explains the mechanisms related to how memorials have fun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Praczyk, Małgorzata, 1983- author (author), Tereszewski, Marcin, translator (translator)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften [2020]
Colección:Studies in contemporary history (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Volume 8.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746505706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright information
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Shape of Monuments
  • Space and Place
  • Monument as a Thing
  • Monuments from a Gender Perspective
  • A Bio-graphical Attempt
  • Monuments and Politics
  • Politics of Memory
  • Identity: From Regional Politics to National Politics
  • Monuments and Affect
  • Veneration
  • Demolition
  • Supplements
  • Conclusion
  • List of Figures
  • Bibliography
  • Index.