Author: Lea David
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231561881
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material testimony in order to evoke sympathy and promote human rights. How do these objects take on such power, and what are the benefits and pitfalls of deploying them for political purposes? A Victim’s Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles examines how artifacts of atrocities circulate and, in so doing, sheds new light on the institutions and social processes that shape collective memory of human rights abuses. Lea David traces the journeys of what she terms “desire objects”: their rediscovery at the locations of mass atrocities, their use in forensic and legal procedures, their return to the homes of grieving families, their appearance in public spaces such as museums and exhibitions, and their role in political protests. She critically investigates the logic that shapes why and how desire objects gain symbolic power and political significance, showing when and under what circumstances they are used to promote particular worldviews and narratives. Featuring both novel theoretical methods and keen empirical analysis, this book offers important insights into the shortcomings of common assumptions about human rights.
A Victim's Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles
Author: Lea David
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231561881
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material testimony in order to evoke sympathy and promote human rights. How do these objects take on such power, and what are the benefits and pitfalls of deploying them for political purposes? A Victim’s Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles examines how artifacts of atrocities circulate and, in so doing, sheds new light on the institutions and social processes that shape collective memory of human rights abuses. Lea David traces the journeys of what she terms “desire objects”: their rediscovery at the locations of mass atrocities, their use in forensic and legal procedures, their return to the homes of grieving families, their appearance in public spaces such as museums and exhibitions, and their role in political protests. She critically investigates the logic that shapes why and how desire objects gain symbolic power and political significance, showing when and under what circumstances they are used to promote particular worldviews and narratives. Featuring both novel theoretical methods and keen empirical analysis, this book offers important insights into the shortcomings of common assumptions about human rights.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231561881
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material testimony in order to evoke sympathy and promote human rights. How do these objects take on such power, and what are the benefits and pitfalls of deploying them for political purposes? A Victim’s Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles examines how artifacts of atrocities circulate and, in so doing, sheds new light on the institutions and social processes that shape collective memory of human rights abuses. Lea David traces the journeys of what she terms “desire objects”: their rediscovery at the locations of mass atrocities, their use in forensic and legal procedures, their return to the homes of grieving families, their appearance in public spaces such as museums and exhibitions, and their role in political protests. She critically investigates the logic that shapes why and how desire objects gain symbolic power and political significance, showing when and under what circumstances they are used to promote particular worldviews and narratives. Featuring both novel theoretical methods and keen empirical analysis, this book offers important insights into the shortcomings of common assumptions about human rights.
I'm the Yorkshire Ripper
Author: ROBIN. JAMES PERRIE (ALFIE.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913406905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913406905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Past Can't Heal Us
Author: Lea David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108495184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Lea David exposes the dangers and pitfalls of mandating memory in the name of human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108495184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Lea David exposes the dangers and pitfalls of mandating memory in the name of human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The story of two sisters who have become recluses after the arsenic poisoning of four members of their family.
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The story of two sisters who have become recluses after the arsenic poisoning of four members of their family.
Atlanta
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.
Primary Education
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Young Husband
Author: Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
The Black Tower
Author: P. D. James
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030740269X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death, but further fatalities follow and his own life is in danger as he unmasks the evil at the heart of Toynton Grange.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030740269X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death, but further fatalities follow and his own life is in danger as he unmasks the evil at the heart of Toynton Grange.
The Captain of the Watch ... By J. R. Planché. (A Freely Rendered Translation from the Comedy by M. Lockroy, Entitled “Le Chevalier Du Guet.”).
Author: LOCKROY (pseud.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description