The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body
Laura WittmanAt the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.
Рік:
2011
Видавництво:
University of Toronto Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
464
ISBN 10:
1442696001
ISBN 13:
9781442696006
Файл:
PDF, 1.14 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011