War and cultural heritage biographies of place

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 import...

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Other Authors: Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig (Editor), Viejo-Rose, Dacia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of 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