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Politics and the Art of Commemoration memorials to struggle in Latin America and Spain


Free Download Katherine Hite, "Politics and the Art of Commemoration: memorials to struggle in Latin America and Spain"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415843545, 0415780713 | PDF | pages: 161 | 1.6 mb
Memorials are proliferating throughout the globe. States recognize the political value of memorials: memorials can convey national unity, a sense of overcoming violent legacies, a commitment to political stability or the strengthening of democracy. Memorials represent fitful negotiations between states and societies symbolically to right wrongs, to recognize loss, to assert distinct historical narratives that are not dominant.

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