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Title War and cultural heritage : biographies of place / edited by Marie Louise Sørensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: The impact of conflict on cultural heritage : a biographical lens / M.L.S. Sorensen and D. Viejo-Rose -- Dybbol : the construction and reconstruction of a memorial landscape / M.L.S. Sorensen and I. Adriansen -- "The cemetery of France" : reconstruction and memorialization on the battlefield of Verdun (France) / J-P. Amat, P. Filippucci and E. Savouret -- Something old, something new : the materiality of tradition and power in the post-war reconstruction of Gernika's Foru Plaza / D. Viejo-Rose -- The Dresden Frauenkirche as a contested symbol : the architecture of the remembrance after war / K-S. Rehberg and M. Neutzner -- The Prison of Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) : a life story / A. Gonzalez-Ruibal and C. Ortiz -- "A heritage of resistance" : changing readings of Belgrade's Generalstab / B. Davenport -- Grand ruins : the case of Ledra Palace Hotel and the rendering of "conflict" as heritage in Cyprus / O. Demetriou -- Changing meaning of Second World War monuments in post-Dayton Bosnia Herzegovina : a case -- Study of the Kozara Monument and Memorial Complex / D. Sahovic and D. Zulumovic -- Imagining community in Bosnia : constructing and reconstructing the Slana Banja Memorial Complex in tuzla / I. Armakolas -- Postscript 1: The time of place / D. Uzzell -- Postscript 2: When memory takes place / C. Paludan-Muller
Summary "The reconstruction of society after conflict is complex and multifaceted. This book investigates this theme as it relates to cultural heritage through a number of case studies relating to European wars since 1864. The case studies show in detail how buildings, landscapes, and monuments become important agents in postconflict reconstruction, as well as how their meanings change and how they become sites of competition over historical narratives and claims. Looking at iconic and lesser-known sites, this book connects broad theoretical discussions of reconstruction and memorialization to specific physical places, and in the process it traces shifts in their meanings over time. This book identifies common threads and investigates their wider implications. It explores the relationship between cultural heritage and international conflict, paying close attention to the long aftermaths of acts of destruction and reconstruction and making important contributions through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory. Marie Louise Stig Sorensen is a Reader in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Bronze Age Studies at Leiden University. She coordinates the University of Cambridge's postgraduate degree program in archaeological heritage and museums, one of the first degree courses in this field"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe
Postwar reconstruction -- Europe
Memorialization -- Europe
War and society -- Europe
Architecture and war -- Europe
Historic preservation -- Social aspects -- Europe
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Europe
Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- Europe
Landscape protection -- Europe
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Antiquities
Architecture and war
Cultural property -- Protection
Historic preservation -- Social aspects
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
Landscape protection
Memorialization
Monuments -- Conservation and restoration
Postwar reconstruction
War and society
SUBJECT Europe -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045632
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig, editor
Viejo-Rose, Dacia, editor
ISBN 9781316204252
1316204251
9781107444911
1107444918