Battlefield Tourism (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
1998-09-01
Förlag
Berg Publishers
Medarbetare
Lloyd, Thomas Da / Lloyd, Thomas Da
Illustrationer
illustrations, bibliography, index
Volymtitel
v. 10
Dimensioner
221 x 138 x 19 mm
Vikt
418 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
44:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Case Laminate on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISSN
1354-3598
ISBN
9781859731741

Battlefield Tourism

Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Britain, Australia and Canada, 1919-1939

av David William Lloyd
Inbunden,  Engelska, 1998-09-01
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In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural history of this 'battlefield tourism' is chronicled in this absorbing and original book, which shows how the phenomenon served to construct memory in Britain, as well as in Australia and Canada. The author demonstrates that high and low culture, tradition and modernism, the sacred and the profane were often inter-related, rather than polar opposites. The various responses to the actual and imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well as bereavement and how this was shaped by gender, religion and the military experience. Individual memory and experience combined with nationalism and 'imperial' identity as powerful forces informing the pilgrim experience.But this book not only analyzes travel to battlefields, which unsurprisingly paralleled the growth of the modern tourist industry; it also looks closely at the transformation of national war memorials into pilgrimage sites, and shows how responses both to battlefields and memorials, which continue to serve as potent symbols, evolved in the years after the Great War.
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'This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the meaning and politics of commemorative processes after the First World War ... 'Battlefield Tourism' is a welcome addition to the important 'Legacy of the Great War' series under the general editorship of Jay Winter.'History'Battlefield Tourism is an important contribution to our understanding of the cultural meanings of the war.'English Historical Review'Lloyd's scholarship is meticulous; he synthesizes information about forms of travel, tourism, and pilgrimage from diverse sources.'Annals of Tourism'His work deserves to be admired for his careful and thorough style in which he successfully combines war and politics, private and public ceremonies, and the analysis of memory with tourism. His discussion of the war-related pilgrimage is especially useful and provocative.'Annals of TourismLloyd's is a fine book and an excellent addition to our understanding of the aftermath of the Great War.'Canadian

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David William Lloyd David Lloyd,formerly of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1. Tourism and Pilgrimage, 1860-1939 2. 'Just What 'Ave We Won?' Pilgrimages to the Cenotaph and the Grave of the Unknown Warrior 3. 'Murder on Show'? Travel to the Battlefields of the Great War 4. 'A Deeper Awareness of the War and its Import': Pilgrimages to the Battlefields of the Great War 5. Tourism, Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Australia and Canada, 1919-1939 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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