Memorials and Martyrs in Modern Lebanon

Informationen zum Autor Lucia Volk Klappentext This compelling and lucid study enhances our understanding of culture and politics in the Middle East and the politics of memory in situations of ongoing conflict. Zusammenfassung Muslim-Christian co-existence through public art Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration of Arabic Introduction 1. The Politics of Memory in Lebanon: Sectarianism, Memorials, and Martyrdom 2. Sculpting Independence: Competing Ceremonies and Mutilated Faces (1915-1957) 3. Remembering Civil Wars: Fearless Faces and Wounded Bodies (1958-1995) 4. Reconstructing while Re-destructing Lebanon: Dismembered Bodies and National Unity (1996-2003) 5. Revisiting Independence and Mobilizing Resistance: Assassinations, Massacres, and Divided Memory-Scapes (2004-2006) 6. Memorial Politics and National Imaginings: Possibilities and Limits Appendix: Important Dates Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Lucia Volk, Volk Lucia
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2010
• EAN: 9780253355232
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35523-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Public Cultures of the Middle; Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa; Public Cultures of the Middle
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology