From propaganda to commemoration: reworking the national narrative.
peer reviewed ; In Belgium, memories of the World War I have contributed to the production and the perpetuation of a fractured national narrative. While the official narration emphasizes the unity of the Belgian state and glorifies the heroism of Belgian soldiers acting as a unified force against the German invader, a counter-narrative presents the Flemish soldiers as victims who were used as cannon fodder by the French-speaking commanding elite. In the immediate postwar period, newsreels largely reinforced the image of a national unity during the Great War. Ten years later, however, cinema to... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
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Routledge
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Schlagwörter: | WWI in Belgium / Flemish nationalism / national narrative / national identity / counter-memory / documentary film / Arts & humanities / History / Performing arts / Arts & sciences humaines / Histoire / Arts du spectacle |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27477783 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/169937 |