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'And those who live, how shall I tell their fame?' Historical pageants, collective remembrance and the First World War, 1919-1939

Bartie, A; Fleming, L; Freeman, M; Hulme, T; Readman, P; Tupman, C; (2017) 'And those who live, how shall I tell their fame?' Historical pageants, collective remembrance and the First World War, 1919-1939. Historical Research , 90 (249) pp. 636-661. 10.1111/1468-2281.12189. Green open access

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Abstract

This article examines the ways in which the First World War was represented in historical pageants during the interwar period. Pageants in this period are often overlooked as sites of commemoration and dramatic representation. Three types of pageant are identified: those that portrayed the war hyper-realistically, those which relied on symbolism and allegory to convey messages about war and peace, and those which sought to incorporate the war into the longer histories of the communities whose pasts they depicted. The article argues that ‘traditional’ forms of representation of the past proved to be resilient features of popular commemoration and remembrance.

Type: Article
Title: 'And those who live, how shall I tell their fame?' Historical pageants, collective remembrance and the First World War, 1919-1939
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2281.12189
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12189
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2017 The Authors Historical Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Institute of Historical Research, University of London This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: First world war, pageants, commemoration, remembrance, performance
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473403
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