War memory and popular culture

By Holger H. Herwig, Michael Keren

Subjects: Collective memory, Memory, Psychic trauma, War in art, Memorialization, War memorials, War and society, War in mass media, Social aspects

Description: "This work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while centering around fundamental question of whether these new forms of memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or forgetting of the experience of war, as well as what implications this process may have for the continuation of the modern nation state"--Provided by publisher.