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1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs -- Introduction Heroes and Martyrs -- The Seeds of the Martyrs Stories of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Sikh Mothers of Martyrs -- The Language of Sacrifice The Voice of Preachers and Artists in World War I -- You Are All I Have to Give: War Mothers' Stories, Rewards, and the Other Face of Loss -- Monuments and Memories The Mother's Role in the Sad Work of Commemoration |
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Governance of the Gardens of the Dead War Graves, the Ancient Greeks, and the Need to Remember and to ForgetConclusion Mothers and Memories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Suzanne Evans finds commonalities between the many images of war mothers - the Canadian Silver Cross mother, the ancient Jewish Maccabean mother of seven martyred sons, the mother of a Palestinian suicide bomber. She compares the lore about mothers of martyrs in the Judeo-Christian, Muslim, and Sikh traditions with stories of World War I Canadian mothers who were depicted in the media as having sacrificed their sons for the sake of civilization, justice, freedom, and God. After the war these mothers were honoured with the Silver Cross medal. Evans argues that, like the mothers of past martyrs, the image of the war-supportive mother in Canada had a powerful influence over public opinion and drew supporters to the cause |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Martyrdom.
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Sacrifice.
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Child sacrifice -- History
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Mother and child -- Religious aspects -- History
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Mother and child -- Political aspects -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties
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Mothers of war casualties -- Canada -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century
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Mothers of soldiers -- Canada -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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Battle casualties
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Child sacrifice
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Martyrdom
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Mother and child -- Religious aspects
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Sacrifice
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Canada
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007408799 |
| ISBN |
9780773560239 |
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0773560238 |
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1282850180 |
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9781282850187 |
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9786612850189 |
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6612850183 |
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0773577971 |
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9780773577978 |
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