Description |
1 online resource (xix, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction Memorials as Silent Extras or Scripted Actors? ; Chapter 1 Collective Memory and the Politics of Memorialization ; Chapter 2 The Armalite and the Paintbrush ; Chapter 3 The 'Landscape of Memorialization' in Belfast ; Chapter 4 The 'Memory Makers' and the Projection of Narratives of the Troubles ; Chapter 5 The Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden ; Chapter 6 The IRSP/INLA Teach Na Fáilte Memorial Committee ; Chapter 7 The 1913 UVF and the Myth of the Somme |
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Chapter 8 The UDA Sandy Row Memorial Garden Chapter 9 Dissecting Consensus ; Chapter 10 The Memory of the Dead ; Appendix A: List of Memorials ; Appendix B: Emblems and Flags ; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
If memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever-shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: "Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves." This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study, this book investigates how non-state, often proscribed, organizations have filled a societal vacuum in the cre |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Memorialization -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland
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Collective memory -- Northern Ireland
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Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Collective memory
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Political violence
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998-
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Northern Ireland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781782384083 |
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1782384081 |
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9781785333415 |
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1785333410 |
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