War Remains: Mediations of Suffering and Death in the Era of the World Wars by Marie Cronqvist, Lina Sturfelt
English | August 31st, 2018 | ISBN: 9188168816 | 224 Pages | EPUB | 16.15 MB
What remains after war? In the world wars more than 120 million people died an untimely or violent death. The terrible experience of mass death remained seared into the cultural narrative for years. The cultural output repeated, reinforced, or renegotiated people’s beliefs about war and suffering, turning trauma into something that could be situated within the conventions of public display.