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Bodies in Conflict
Corporeality, Materiality, and Transformation
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Contested Objects
Material Memories of the Great War
Contested Objects breaks new ground in the interdisciplinary study of material culture. Its focus is on the rich and varied legacy of objects from the First World War as the global conflict that defined the twentieth century. From the iconic German steel helmet to practice trenches on Salisbury...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Icons of Power
Feline Symbolism in the Americas
Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and...
Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
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Matters of Conflict
Material Culture, Memory and the First World War
Matters of Conflict looks at the definitive invention of the twentieth century - industrialised war - and its vast and varied material legacy. From trench art and postcards through avant-garde art, museum collections and prosthetic limbs to battlefield landscapes, the book examines the First World...
Published August 25th 2004 by Routledge