Talking Stones

Talking Stones
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781782384083
ISBN-13 : 1782384081
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Book Synopsis Talking Stones by : Elisabetta Viggiani

Download or read book Talking Stones written by Elisabetta Viggiani and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever-shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: “Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves.” This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study, this book investigates how non-state, often proscribed, organizations have filled a societal vacuum in the creation of public memorials. In particular, these groups have sifted through the past to propose “official” collective narratives of national identification, historical legitimation, and moral justifications for violence.


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