Lucia Volk

Memorials and Martyrs in Modern Lebanon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This compelling and lucid study enhances our understanding of culture and politics in the Middle East and the politics of memory in situations of ongoing conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780253222305
• ISBN-10: 0253222303
• Artikelnr.: 30206672

Autorenporträt

Lucia Volk is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Co-director of Middle East and Islamic Studies at San Francisco State University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration of Arabic
Introduction
1. The Politics of Memory in Lebanon: Sectarianism, Memorials, and
Martyrdom
2. Sculpting Independence: Competing Ceremonies and Mutilated Faces
(1915-1957)
3. Remembering Civil Wars: Fearless Faces and Wounded Bodies (1958-1995)
4. Reconstructing while Re-destructing Lebanon: Dismembered Bodies and
National Unity (1996-2003)
5. Revisiting Independence and Mobilizing Resistance: Assassinations,
Massacres, and Divided Memory-Scapes (2004-2006)
6. Memorial Politics and National Imaginings: Possibilities and Limits
Appendix: Important Dates
Notes
Bibliography
Index