Reading Monuments A Comparative Study of Monuments in Poznań and Strasbourg from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

This book tells the story of monuments in two cities that share a parallel and turbulent history: Strasbourg and Poznan. With the Franco-Prussian War begins the well-known story of the destruction and erection of memorials. This book not only explains the mechanisms related to how memorials have fun...

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Main Author: Praczyk, Małgorzata
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2020
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Peter Lang
Edition:1
Series:Studies in Contemporary History
Subjects:
Anthropology of space
Centuries
Comparative
Comparative history
Cultural studies
European history
History
History and Archaeology
History: theory and methods
Memory studies
Monument
Monuments
Nineteenth
Poznań
Praczyk
Reading
Strasbourg
Study
Theory of history
Twentieth
ISBN:9783631711064, 9783631676752, 3653071488, 3631711077, 3631676751, 9783631711071, 9783653071481, 3631711069
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Shape of Monuments -- Space and Place -- Monument as a Thing -- Monuments from a Gender Perspective -- A Bio-graphical Attempt -- Monuments and Politics -- Politics of Memory -- Identity: From Regional Politics to National Politics -- Monuments and Affect -- Veneration -- Demolition -- Supplements -- Conclusion -- List of Figures -- Bibliography -- Index