Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments
Editat de Tomás Irish, Simon John, Hannah Lyonsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 2026
Including analysis of examples drawn from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, Libya, the Philippines, the United States, this book uncovers the role of public monuments in shaping national and individual identities, their role in public memory, and how they may be used to preserve or subvert chosen narratives about the past. Acknowledging how memorials may elicit a strong public reaction, the essays in this volume also consider instances of different actions when contesting public monuments - from small alterations to complete destruction. The volume uses contemporary examples to explore not only the pasts and presents of public monuments, but also their futures.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350401648
ISBN-10: 1350401641
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 10 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350401641
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 10 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Figures
1. Contesting the Past, Present and Future: Approaching Monuments Before and After Colston, Simon John and Tomás Irish (Swansea University, UK)
2. Striking Similarities! Public Statues, Human Bodies, and the Power of Monuments, Julie Deschepper (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
3. Beyond Public Memory. Scars and Subversions of State-Sanctioned Monuments, Anna Calori and Carlo Andrea Tassinari (University of Glasgow, UK and University of Bologna, Italy)
4. The Counter-Monuments' Legacy: Democratic Monument Making in the 21st Century, Tanja Schult and Tim Cole (Stockholm University, Sweden and University of Bristol, UK)
5. 'This Libyanness in the Making': Septimius Severus, Libyan Identity, and the Contested History of a Twentieth-Century Statue, Kieren Johns (Independent Scholar)
6. 'This nation can be great again': President Marcos, the Quezon Memorial, and Philippine Martial Law, Kimberley Weir (University of Birmingham, UK)
7. What Black Statues Reveal about Whiteness in Washington, DC, Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. (Texas Christian University, USA)
8. When the State is the Agent of De-commemoration: the Case of the Vraca Memorial Park in Sarajevo, Tijana Okic (Independent Scholar)
9. Twin statues of Robert Clive and the Long History of Imperial Narratives in London and Calcutta, Jennifer Howes and Jayanta Sengupta (Independent Scholars)
10. Contending with coloniality and commemoration at Trinity College Dublin: Futures of Memorialisation in Ireland and Britain, Mobeen Hussain (University of York, UK)
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Figures
1. Contesting the Past, Present and Future: Approaching Monuments Before and After Colston, Simon John and Tomás Irish (Swansea University, UK)
2. Striking Similarities! Public Statues, Human Bodies, and the Power of Monuments, Julie Deschepper (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
3. Beyond Public Memory. Scars and Subversions of State-Sanctioned Monuments, Anna Calori and Carlo Andrea Tassinari (University of Glasgow, UK and University of Bologna, Italy)
4. The Counter-Monuments' Legacy: Democratic Monument Making in the 21st Century, Tanja Schult and Tim Cole (Stockholm University, Sweden and University of Bristol, UK)
5. 'This Libyanness in the Making': Septimius Severus, Libyan Identity, and the Contested History of a Twentieth-Century Statue, Kieren Johns (Independent Scholar)
6. 'This nation can be great again': President Marcos, the Quezon Memorial, and Philippine Martial Law, Kimberley Weir (University of Birmingham, UK)
7. What Black Statues Reveal about Whiteness in Washington, DC, Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. (Texas Christian University, USA)
8. When the State is the Agent of De-commemoration: the Case of the Vraca Memorial Park in Sarajevo, Tijana Okic (Independent Scholar)
9. Twin statues of Robert Clive and the Long History of Imperial Narratives in London and Calcutta, Jennifer Howes and Jayanta Sengupta (Independent Scholars)
10. Contending with coloniality and commemoration at Trinity College Dublin: Futures of Memorialisation in Ireland and Britain, Mobeen Hussain (University of York, UK)
Recenzii
This volume makes a valuable contribution to the academic discourse on the ways in which public narratives of the past have been challenged or reinforced by monuments of different kinds; a timely, engaging and evocative exploration of one of the most pressing and dynamic cultural issues of the 21st century.
Contested Histories offers invaluable, deeply-researched contributions to urgent debates about the meaning and future of our public monuments.
Contested Histories offers invaluable, deeply-researched contributions to urgent debates about the meaning and future of our public monuments.