Prague Panoramas National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century

Name: Prague Panoramas National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780822960355

ISBN-10: 0822960354

ISBN-13: 9780822960355

Edition: 2009

Authors: Cynthia Paces

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Examines the creation of symbols of Czech national identity in public spaces of the city during the twentieth century. These "sites of memory" were attempts to form a cohesive sense of self for a country and a people torn by war, foreign occupation, and internal strife.

Book details

List price: $55.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Note on Language


Prague Panoramas of History



Preserving the National Past for the Future



Art Meets Politics



Generational Approaches to National Monuments



World War I and the Jan Hus Jubilee



Toppling Columns, Building a Capital



Catholic Czech Nationalism in the Early 1920s



Religious Heroes for a Secular State



Modern Churches, Living Cathedrals



National Heroes and Nazi Rule



God's Warriors on Vï¿½tkov Hill



Rebuilding Bethlehem Chapel



Old Symbols to Oppose the New Regime



Religious and National Symbols in Post-Communist Prague


Epilogue- New Times, New Monuments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index