Exhibiting war : the Great War, museums and memory in Britain, Canada, and Australia /

What does it mean to display war? Examining a range of different exhibitions in Britain, Canada and Australia, Jennifer Wellington reveals complex imperial dynamics in the ways these countries developed diverging understandings of the First World War, despite their cultural, political and institutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wellington, Jennifer (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:	Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain > Art and the war. World War, 1914-1918 > Canada > Art and the war. World War, 1914-1918 > Australia > Art and the war.

Table of Contents:

In search of the "authentic" experience of war, 1914-1917
Exhibiting for victory: travelling war photography displays, 1917-1920
Art exhibitions: a higher truth in aid of victory and for posterity
Taming the monsters of war: exhibiting weapons and war trophies 1917-1920
Consolidations: creating national museums and narratives of war, 1920-1935
Museums, monuments, and memory: exhibiting war as part of national and imperial commemorative projects since 1925.