Memorial gardens as dramaturgical space

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5885271
AutoresPaul Gough (0000-0003-4480-576X, University of the West of England, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume3
Fascículo4
Páginas199-214
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527259808722208
OpenAlexW1965572797
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências 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