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In the ruins of the Cold War bunker : affect, materiality and meaning making /

This edited collection investigates the ways in which the physical remains of now abandoned military and civil defence bunkers from the Cold War have become the totems and sites of memory.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bennett, Luke (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2017]
Series:Place, memory, affect.
Subjects:
Cold War > Social aspects.
Bunkers (Fortification)
Historic buildings.
Abandoned buildings.
Memory > Social aspects.
Totemism > Social aspects.
Material culture > Social aspects.
Affect (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Military archaeology.
Landscape archaeology.
Description
Summary:This edited collection investigates the ways in which the physical remains of now abandoned military and civil defence bunkers from the Cold War have become the totems and sites of memory.
Physical Description:xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781783487332
178348733X