Memorials of the great war in Britain : the symbolism and politics of remembance / Alex King.

Collection type	Library
Author	King, Alex.; ebrary, Inc.; Ebrary Academic Complete Subscription Collection.;
Call Number	940.46541 K52m
Document type	Monograph
Year	1998.
Pagination	xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher	Berg,
Note	Includes bibliographical references ( p. 252-266) and index. Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These memorials were the sites of contested, multiple and ambi guous meanings, yet out of them a united public observance was created.
Place made	Oxford ; New York :

Abstract

1. The Composition of a National Cult -- 2. A Commemorative Tradition and its Application in War -- 3. Talking About War Memorials -- 4. The Choice of a Memorial -- 5. The War Memorial Business -- 6. War Memorial Imagery -- 7. The Canonisation of Common P eople -- 8. Moral Obligation and Politics in the Commemoration of the Dead -- 9. Sacred Union.