1st Edition
Historical Memory in Greece, 1821–1930 Performing the Past in the Present
By Christina Koulouri
Copyright 2023
414 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
414 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
414 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book presents a social and cultural history of collective memory in modern Greece during the first century of state independence, contributing to the debate over the relationship between memory and identity.
It discusses how modern Greek society commemorated its distant and recent pasts, both real and imagined, namely antiquity, Byzantium, the Greek Revolution and the Asia Minor... Read more
Introduction
1. Images
2. Monuments
3. Panoramas
4. The New Past
5. The Old Past
6. Revivals
7. Fustanellas
8. Pageants
9. Centennials
Epilogue
Biography
Christina Koulouri is Professor in Modern and Contemporary History at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.
