The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body Hardback
by Laura Wittman
Part of the Toronto Italian Studies series
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At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning. Bringing together literature, newspaper accounts, wartime correspondence, and popular culture, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier examines how the Unknown Soldier was imagined in diverse national contexts and used by radically opposed political parties.
Laura Wittman argues that this monument established a connection between the wounded body vulnerable to the war machine and a modern identity defined by common mortality and social alienation.
Highly original and interdisciplinary, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier powerfully links the symbolic language and ethics of mourning to a fascinating national ritual.
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- Pages:464 pages, 20 b&w illustrations
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- Publication Date:11/06/2011
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:464 pages, 20 b&w illustrations
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:11/06/2011
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- ISBN:9781442643390
