From Flanders to Fallujah
Rethinking remembrance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark F Imber (University of St Andrews, corresponding author), Trudy Fraser (United Nations) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-397 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jwcs.4.3.383_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2034397214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article questions the attitudes of a sample group of British young people to the rituals of remembrance commonly observed in the United Kingdom during the second week of November. In view of the complete transformation of war and war service since 1919 - none of the fallen from current and recent wars in Afghanistan or Iraq are buried abroad or buried unknown, and none were conscripted - this article seeks to establish whether or not the established '1919 model' of remembrance continues to best serve contemporary attitudes to military service and military loss. To this end, participant students were invited to complete a questionnaire and debate their views in various discussion groups and in a plenary session. All discussion groups were facilitated by and moderated by a team of university tutors and high school teachers. The results indicated very high levels of support for and engagement with remembrance events. The results also indicated widespread respect for and imaginative use of the traditional 'two-minute silence
Aesthetics · Art · Media studies · Military service · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Military History and Strategy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |