The art of commemoration: fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. 2003
Series:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture 7
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The Art of Commemoration; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Preface; Authors' addresses; The Warsaw Uprising monument; Chapter 1 Facing the past; Chapter 2 A discourse analytic approach to the commemorative speeches about the Warsaw Uprising; Chapter 3 The Messianic Warsaw; Chapter 4 The search for acceptable perspectives; Chapter 5 A politician's sociology; Chapter 6 Framing the past; Chapter 7 From commemoration to self-celebration; Chapter 8 How the Russians handled a problem; Chapter 9 Merging frames; Chapter 10 Pope John Paul II as a Polish Patriot
The Art of Commemoration focuses on a particular historical event that illustrates how nations define their own identities and establish mutual relations in their discourse: the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 and its Commemoration in 1994. This Commemoration was an innovative and unique form of transnational communication because it brought together representative speakers from all parties involved. They considered the commemorated event from different perspectives: the victim (Poland), the former enemy (Germany) and the former allies (England, USA, France and other countries, as well as Russ
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 245 pages)
ISBN:9027296030
9789027296030

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