Making sense of remembrance

Bibliographic Data

ID3978091
AuthorsDebra Marshall (a GEMRU , University of Gloucestershire , Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ, UK), Debra H Marshall (University of Gloucestershire, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume5
Issue1
Pages37-54
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1464936032000137975
OpenAlexW2011084060
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited31

In recent years the annual cycle of war remembrance in Britain has been punctuated by major anniversaries and the inauguration of new war memorials. This paper explores whether time and forgetfulness are gradually eroding the power of twentieth century war memorials as traces of memory in the everyday landscape. It finds that at least some war memorials are retaining their significance and even evolving new significance as time passes. The paper considers how the sensuous and spectacular nature of war remembrance has contributed to this process and draws attention to the centrality of sight, sound and touch to remembrance activities. Case studies are then used to explore how war memorials in specific localities provide a locus for making sense of remembrance in the twenty‐first century

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Centrality · Power (physics · Sight · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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