Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary /edited by Ben Wellings and Shanti Sumartojo.
Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary /edited by Ben Wellings and Shanti Sumartojo.
Comemorating race and empire in 1st World War centenary
- Aix-en-Provence : Presses Universitaires de Provence ; (c)2018. [Liverpool] : Liverpool University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations
- Sociétés contemporaines, .
Includes bibliographies and index.
From 'coolie' to transnational agent: the 'afterlives' of World War One Chinese workers / Marigolds and poppies: commemorating 'Indian' War dead / Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War centenary / Maori and Great War commemoration in New Zealand: biculturalism and the politics of forging national memory / Resénégalisation and the representation of Black African troops during World War One / 'A strange, new race': eugenics and the Australian soldier in the First World War / The first circle of memory: First World War postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles / A tale of two monuments: the war memorials of Oran and Algiers and commemorative culture in colonial and post-colonial Algeria / Anzac, race and empire: memorialising soldiers and warriors in Australia / Paul J. Bailey -- Peter Stanley -- Laurence van Ypersele and Enika Ngongo (translated by Ben Wellings) -- Katherine Smits -- Elizabeth Rechniewski -- Deirdre Gilfedder -- Gilles Teulié; Aesthetic form and political function: representations of French Algerian and British Indian troops in First World War recruiting posters / Cherie Prosser -- Dónal Hassett -- Shanti Sumartojo and Ben Wallings.
First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agitation against imperial polities and the racisms that underpinned them in Asia, Africa and beyond. Despite the global context of Centenary commemorative activity these events remain framed by national and state imaginaries and ones in which the ideas about nation, race and imperialism that animated and dominated men and women during the Great War sit uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. By drawing on original archival research, translations from French and Mandarin into English and by employing multidisciplinary conceptual frames of analysis this exciting and innovative volume explores how race and empire, and racism and imperialism, were commemorated or forgotten during the First World War Centenary. The 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than a European conflict. It was a global war spanning Asia, Africa and beyond. Drawing on original archival research in several languages and employing multidisciplinary frames of analysis, this innovative volume explores how race and empire were commemorated during the First World War Centenary.
9781786948489
GBB8I7446 bnb
019075188 Uk
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries, etc.
War memorials--Social aspects.
War memorials--Political aspects.
Electronic Books.
D524 / .C666 2018
Includes bibliographies and index.
From 'coolie' to transnational agent: the 'afterlives' of World War One Chinese workers / Marigolds and poppies: commemorating 'Indian' War dead / Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War centenary / Maori and Great War commemoration in New Zealand: biculturalism and the politics of forging national memory / Resénégalisation and the representation of Black African troops during World War One / 'A strange, new race': eugenics and the Australian soldier in the First World War / The first circle of memory: First World War postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles / A tale of two monuments: the war memorials of Oran and Algiers and commemorative culture in colonial and post-colonial Algeria / Anzac, race and empire: memorialising soldiers and warriors in Australia / Paul J. Bailey -- Peter Stanley -- Laurence van Ypersele and Enika Ngongo (translated by Ben Wellings) -- Katherine Smits -- Elizabeth Rechniewski -- Deirdre Gilfedder -- Gilles Teulié; Aesthetic form and political function: representations of French Algerian and British Indian troops in First World War recruiting posters / Cherie Prosser -- Dónal Hassett -- Shanti Sumartojo and Ben Wallings.
First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agitation against imperial polities and the racisms that underpinned them in Asia, Africa and beyond. Despite the global context of Centenary commemorative activity these events remain framed by national and state imaginaries and ones in which the ideas about nation, race and imperialism that animated and dominated men and women during the Great War sit uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. By drawing on original archival research, translations from French and Mandarin into English and by employing multidisciplinary conceptual frames of analysis this exciting and innovative volume explores how race and empire, and racism and imperialism, were commemorated or forgotten during the First World War Centenary. The 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than a European conflict. It was a global war spanning Asia, Africa and beyond. Drawing on original archival research in several languages and employing multidisciplinary frames of analysis, this innovative volume explores how race and empire were commemorated during the First World War Centenary.
9781786948489
GBB8I7446 bnb
019075188 Uk
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries, etc.
War memorials--Social aspects.
War memorials--Political aspects.
Electronic Books.
D524 / .C666 2018