Disasters of War : Perceptions and Representations from 1914 to the Present / Arnd Bauerkämper, Silja Behre, Steffen Bruendel, Frank Estelmann, Frederike Felcht, Martina Groß, Gal Hertz, Yaron Jean, Nikolaus Müller-Schöll, Anja Peltzer, Hanna Teichler, Steffen Bruendel, Frank Estelmann, Mihran Dabag

• MitwirkendeR: Bauerkämper, Arnd; Behre, Silja; Bruendel, Steffen; Estelmann, Frank; Felcht, Frederike; Groß, Martina; Hertz, Gal; Jean, Yaron; Müller-Schöll, Nikolaus; Peltzer, Anja; Teichler, Hanna
• HerausgeberIn: Bruendel, Steffen; Estelmann, Frank; Dabag, Mihran
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; German
• Series: Genozid und Gedächtnis.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Generations after war and violence the experiences are engraved in memories and influence individual and collective attitudes toward political and social conflicts. The contributions collected in this volume concentrate on the complex interrelationships between war and its perception and representation. They examine events and cultural testimonies related to World War I, its aftermath, as well as to other violent conflicts in the 20th century. The contributions interrogate the concept of nation, challenge the implications of modern warfare, and discuss political agencies in the media and the arts with regard to soldiers, veterans and war memorials. This volume focuses on how war and violence is culturally processed and reveals astonishing examples of the after effects from 1914 to the present.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Disasters of War / Steffen Bruendel and Frank Estelmann -- Transforming Nations and Warfare -- National Security and Human Rights avant la lettre / Arnd Bauerkämper -- Knowledge, Order and Formative Violence in the Middle East / Mihran Dabag -- Destruction Out of Silence / Yaron Jean -- Reflecting War in Art -- Pandemic Military Culture / Frederike Felcht and Anja Peltzer -- Performing the Escape of Time / Martina Groß -- Authenticity and Translation / Gal Hertz -- Theatre against War / Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey -- Theater as ‘Work on Evil’ -- (Re-) Framing Memories of War and Violence -- The Aftermath of Colonial Rule and Warfare / Steffen Bruendel -- Re-Imagining the Sacred Site / Hanna Teichler -- Long Shadows of the Past? / Silja Behre -- Back Matter -- Notes on Contributors.