Reading Monuments : A Comparative Study of Monuments in Pozna¿ and Strasbourg from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Ma¿gorzata Praczyk

ISBN 10: 3631676751 / ISBN 13: 9783631676752

Published by Peter Lang, 2020

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book tells the story of monuments in two cities that share a parallel and turbulent history: Strasbourg and Poznan. With the Franco-Prussian War begins the well-known story of the destruction and erection of memorials. This book not only explains the mechanisms related to how memorials have functioned in the past, but also contributes to our understanding of current modes of their perception. It analyzes their material shape, the problem of affect, and their meaning, not only in relation to the political context and the work of memory. This book shows how the form of monuments reflects the social understanding of such basic questions as the perception of nature, gender issues and the image of those who are in power, and how, and in which aspects, those kind of objects actually change the city space we live in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Monuments : A Comparative Study of Monuments in Pozna¿ and Strasbourg from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631676751
• ISBN 13: 9783631676752
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 17D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 398 grams

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Synopsis

This book tells the story of monuments in two cities that share a parallel and turbulent history: Strasbourg and Poznan. With the Franco-Prussian War begins the well-known story of the destruction and erection of memorials. This book not only explains the mechanisms related to how memorials have functioned in the past, but also contributes to our understanding of current modes of their perception. It analyzes their material shape, the problem of affect, and their meaning, not only in relation to the political context and the work of memory. This book shows how the form of monuments reflects the social understanding of such basic questions as the perception of nature, gender issues and the image of those who are in power, and how, and in which aspects, those kind of objects actually change the city space we live in.

About the Author

Małgorzata Praczyk is a historian. She works at the Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland). She is the author and editor of books concerning monuments, environmental memory and local history. Her interests focus mainly on memory studies, public spaces, environmental history and posthumanism.