Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War : Creativity Behind Barbed Wire
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| Title: | Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War : Creativity Behind Barbed Wire |
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| Description: | This book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates, mugs and makeshift stoves, all which have previously received little attention. The authors of this volume show the wide potential of such items to inform us about the daily life and struggle for survival behind barbed wire. Previously dismissed as items which could only serve to illustrate POW memoirs and diaries, this book argues for a central role of all items of creativity in helping us to understand the true experience of life in captivity. The international authors draw upon a rich seam of material from their own case studies of POW and civilian internment camps across the world, to offer a range of interpretations of this diverse and extraordinary material. |
| Authors: | Gilly Carr, Harold Mytum |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war--Psychology, Internment camps--Psychological aspects, Material culture--History--20th century, Creative ability--Psychological aspects, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Psychological aspects, World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects, Material culture--Psychological aspects |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates, mugs and makeshift stoves, all which have previously received little attention. The authors of this volume show the wide potential of such items to inform us about the daily life and struggle for survival behind barbed wire. Previously dismissed as items which could only serve to illustrate POW memoirs and diaries, this book argues for a central role of all items of creativity in helping us to understand the true experience of life in captivity. The international authors draw upon a rich seam of material from their own case studies of POW and civilian internment camps across the world, to offer a range of interpretations of this diverse and extraordinary material. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415522151 9781138117129 9781136322372 9781136322365 9781136322341 9780203120620 |
