Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance [Hardcover]

This book provides an examination of the development of memorial landscapes in Ireland.The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Nuala Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of what she calls 'the landscape of the national imaginery', and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. Attractively illustrated, the book combines theoretical perspectives (notably those of Roland Barthes) with original primary research showing how memory literally took place in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both cause and effect of this process.The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Nuala Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of what she calls 'the landscape of the national imaginery', and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. Attractively illustrated, the book combines theoretical perspectives (notably those of Roland Barthes) with original primary research showing how memory literally took place in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both cause and effect of this process.The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the setting for Nuala Johnson's pioneering examination of the landscape of the national imaginery . Her study represents a major contribution to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance. The book combines theoretical perspectives with original primary research revealing how memory literally occurred in post-1918 Ireland, and the various conflicts and struggles that were both cause and effect of the process.List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Geography, landscape and memory; 2. A call to arms: recruitment poster and propaganda; 3. Parading memory: peace day celebrations; 4. Sculpting memory: space, memorials and rituals of rlSF