General Information

Author/Creator

Tanović, Sabina, author.

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Physical Description

xiv, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures, creating spaces for remembering. Using approaches from history, psychology, anthropology and sociology, Sabina Tanović explores purposes behind creating contemporary memorials in a given location, their translation into architectural concepts, their materialisation in the face of social and political challenges, and their influence on the transmission of memory. Covering the period from the First World War to the present, she looks at memorials such as the Holocaust museums in Mechelen and Drancy as well as memorials for the victims of terrorist attacks, to unravel the private and public role of memorial architecture and the possibilities of architecture as a form of agency in remembering and dealing with a difficult past. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a link to the past"--

Subjects

Subject

Memorials > Europe.

Monuments > Europe.

Architecture and history > Europe.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Sabina Tanović.

Series

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

ISBN

9781108486521

9781108707824

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	725/.94094 TAN		Reference	-

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