Memorials and Martyrs in Modern Lebanon

Informationen zum Autor Lucia Volk Klappentext This compelling and lucid study enhances our understanding of culture and politics in the Middle East and the politics of memory in situations of ongoing conflict. Zusammenfassung Muslim-Christian co-existence through public art Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration of Arabic Introduction 1. The Politics of Memory in Lebanon: Sectarianism, Memorials, and Martyrdom 2. Sculpting Independence: Competing Ceremonies and Mutilated Faces (1915-1957) 3. Remembering Civil Wars: Fearless Faces and Wounded Bodies (1958-1995) 4. Reconstructing while Re-destructing Lebanon: Dismembered Bodies and National Unity (1996-2003) 5. Revisiting Independence and Mobilizing Resistance: Assassinations, Massacres, and Divided Memory-Scapes (2004-2006) 6. Memorial Politics and National Imaginings: Possibilities and Limits Appendix: Important Dates Notes Bibliography Index

Autorentext
Lucia Volk is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Co-director of Middle East and Islamic Studies at San Francisco State University.

Klappentext
This compelling and lucid study enhances our understanding of culture and politics in the Middle East and the politics of memory in situations of ongoing conflict.

Zusammenfassung
Muslim-Christian co-existence through public art

Inhalt
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration of Arabic
Introduction
1. The Politics of Memory in Lebanon: Sectarianism, Memorials, and Martyrdom
2. Sculpting Independence: Competing Ceremonies and Mutilated Faces (1915-1957)
3. Remembering Civil Wars: Fearless Faces and Wounded Bodies (1958-1995)
4. Reconstructing while Re-destructing Lebanon: Dismembered Bodies and National Unity (1996-2003)
5. Revisiting Independence and Mobilizing Resistance: Assassinations, Massacres, and Divided Memory-Scapes (2004-2006)
6. Memorial Politics and National Imaginings: Possibilities and Limits
Appendix: Important Dates
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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