Commemoration as Conflict: Space, Memory and Identity in Peace Processes

By William Lee

Book Overview

1. Introduction 2. Landscapes of Commemoration: The Relationship between Memory, Identity and Space 3. The Promise of Peace 4. A War by other Means? Commemorating Conflict in the New Northern Ireland 5. Contested Visions: Memory, Space and Identity in the Basque Country 6. Challenging the Boundaries of the Sri Lankan State: Memory-work and the Battle to Belong 7. An Intractable Conflict and an Irreconcilable past: Contesting the 'Other' through Commemoration in Israel/Palestine 8. Preserving the Past and Shielding the Future: Political Memories in the Former Yugoslav Countries 9. 'Till Jesus Comes Again': Consolidating Narratives of the Liberation Struggle in Post-apartheid South Africa Conclusion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349324191
• ISBN13: 9781349324194
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"