National Symbols in Modern Iran: Identity, Ethnicity, and Collective Memory, Paperback - Menahem Merhavy

Now more than ever the role of icons and monuments in shaping a national identity is a subject of vital importance to scholars of both nationalism ...

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Author(s): Kim GhattasNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 155 x 233 x 33Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

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Exploring popular culture and national identity in post-revolutionary Iran, this accessible and innovative book based on multi-disciplinary researc...

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Teaching Contested Narratives: Identity, Memory and Reconciliation in Peace Education and Beyond - Zvi Bekerman, Michalinos Zembylas

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Publisher: Crossway BooksAuthor(s): Steven M. BryanNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 214 x 139 x 23Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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A challenging historical survey that questions the foundations of modern Islam

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In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"-and on this basi...

This volume examines the Italian peninsula in the early Middle Ages by focusing on research fields such as ethnic identity, memory, and use of the ...

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This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the...

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