Irish Nationalism and the Geography of Remembrance |
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| Author:
| Johnson, Nuala C. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-82616-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $152.95 |
Book Description:
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The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Nuala Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of what she calls 'the landscape of the national imaginery', and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. Attractively illustrated, the book combines theoretical perspectives (notably those of Roland Barthes) with original primary research showing how memory literally took place in...
More DescriptionThe Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Nuala Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of what she calls 'the landscape of the national imaginery', and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. Attractively illustrated, the book combines theoretical perspectives (notably those of Roland Barthes) with original primary research showing how memory literally took place in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both cause and effect of this process.