Memorial gardens as dramaturgical space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5885271
AutoresPaul Gough (0000-0003-4480-576X, University of the West of England, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen3
Número4
Páginas199-214
Fecha de publicación1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527259808722208
OpenAlexW1965572797
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas5

Since the end of the First World War British and Allied military cemeteries and memorial sites have been designed within a carefully controlled Imperial aesthetic. The emotional and historical capital of these sites has made objective judgement difficult; the burden of martial memory has made innovation in design almost impossible. This paper examines how the Dominion forces – notably Canada – achieved a distinct nationalism in their war memorials after the Great War. By focussing on two recent Canadian memorial sites – in London and France – the paper speculates on the ways in which artistic and military precedent informs the construction of monuments of conflict. The study concludes by looking at the recent public enthusiasm for floral and other temporary memorials which have challenged the rhetoric of official mourning

Archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies