Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary /edited by Ben Wellings and Shanti Sumartojo.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

From 'coolie' to transnational agent: the 'afterlives' of World War One Chinese workers / Paul J. Bailey -- Marigolds and poppies: commemorating 'Indian' War dead / Peter Stanley -- Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War centenary / Laurence van Ypersele and Enika Ngongo (translated by Ben Wellings) -- Maori and Great War commemoration in New Zealand: biculturalism and the politics of forging national memory / Katherine Smits -- Resénégalisation and the representation of Black African troops during World War One / Elizabeth Rechniewski -- 'A strange, new race': eugenics and the Australian soldier in the First World War / Deirdre Gilfedder -- The first circle of memory: First World War postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles / Gilles Teulié; Aesthetic form and political function: representations of French Algerian and British Indian troops in First World War recruiting posters / Cherie Prosser -- A tale of two monuments: the war memorials of Oran and Algiers and commemorative culture in colonial and post-colonial Algeria / Dónal Hassett -- Anzac, race and empire: memorialising soldiers and warriors in Australia / Shanti Sumartojo and Ben Wallings.

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