Meghan Tinsley (UK University of Manchester)

Commemorating Muslims in the First World War Centenary

Making Melancholia

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Produktbeschreibung

This book engages with the explosion of public commemorations in Britain and France the wake of the First World War centenary, alongside the hyper-visibility of British and French Muslims in political and popular discourse, to shed light on the manner in which national memory changes when it seeks to include a previously excluded group.

Produktdetails

• Memory Studies: Global Constellations
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780367551865
• ISBN-10: 0367551861
• Artikelnr.: 68711939

Autorenporträt

Meghan Tinsley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "I have no respect for the silence": Situating memories of
the First World War 2. "A commemoration that captures our national spirit":
Narratives of nationalism and memory 3. "They targeted a symbol of the
Republic": Transgressing national memory, unsettling the nation 4. "A
desire to see the war in a new way": Explaining the emergence of
melancholic sites 5. "Before the world falls into disorder": National
Memory in unsettled times Conclusion Epilogue