Afterlives of war: A descendants' history (The Cultural History of Modern War) - Hardcover

Roper, Michael

 
9781526154033: Afterlives of war: A descendants' history (The Cultural History of Modern War)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 152615403X ISBN 13: 9781526154033
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2023

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This book documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations in Australia, Britain and Germany who grew up in the shadow of the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict, through the intimate experience of coming after, they have played a key role in shaping the memory of the First World War since 1918

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Michael Roper is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.

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Afterlives of war is a study of the generations in Britain, Germany and Australia who were born after the First World War and lived in its shadow. These people experienced the effects of the global cataclysm in their homes as young children before they ever knew the conflict as History. Yet because they were not direct witnesses, and their testimonies were ‘second hand’, the war’s impact on them was often hidden.
Drawing on ninety interviews, observation of the First World War Centenary, and research on the First World War past in the author’s own family, this book documents the personal legacies of the conflict and the rich historical culture that descendants create. It investigates the letters, photographs, trench art and official records held in private archives; reconstructs the descendants’ relationships with members of the war generation; and reflects on how the history of war in the family shaped them as children and throughout their lives. The book describes the effort to piece together the war stories of parents and grandparents, and explores how this interacts with different national traditions of remembrance.
Motivated by the experience of coming after, descendants have played a key role in the cultural memory of the First World War since 1918.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
152615403X
ISBN 13 
9781526154033
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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