An Archaeology of Remembering

Death, Bereavement and the First World War

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5800060
AutoresSarah Tarlow (0009-0008-5468-9137, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas105-121
Fecha de publicación1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774300001499
OpenAlexW2163549937
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas35

Archaeological approaches to death and commemoration which privilege the negotiation of power relationships can underestimate the importance of personal and emotional responses to bereavement and mortality. Remembrance of the dead of the First World War is often understood in terms of the promotion of nationalist ideologies, but emotional factors such as grief and shock were also involved in the shaping of commemorative responses. In this article, responses to the First World War at national, local, and individual levels are considered. I suggest that people select monuments, places and ways of remembering for their power to express intense and personal feelings

First world war · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies