Bibliograph

Talking stones, the politics of memorialization in post-conflit Northern Ireland, Elisabetta Viggiani

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Talking stones, the politics of memorialization in post-conflit Northern Ireland, Elisabetta Viggiani

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Talking stones

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

863195895

Responsibility statement

Elisabetta Viggiani

Sub title

the politics of memorialization in post-conflit Northern Ireland

Summary

If memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever-shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: "Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves." This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study, this book investigates how non-state, often proscribed, organizations have filled a societal vacuum in the creation of public memorials. In particular, these groups have sifted through the past to propose "official" collective narratives of national identification, historical legitimation, and moral justifications for violence.--, Provided by Publisher

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