Ashes, Images, and Memories
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| Author | : Nathan T. Arrington |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199369072 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199369070 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Ashes, Images, and Memories by : Nathan T. Arrington
Book excerpt: This study argues that the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased in civic and sacred spaces fundamentally changed how people conceived of military casualties. In a period characterized by war and the threat of civil strife, the nascent democracy claimed the fallen for the city and commemorated them with rituals and images that shaped a civic ideology of struggle and self-sacrifice on behalf of a unified community
