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The tomb of the unknown soldier, modern mourning, and the reinvention of the mystical body / Laura Wittman.

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"At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic nationa...

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Main Author: Wittman, Laura
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
War memorials > Italy.
Unknown military personnel > Social aspects > Italy.
Unknown military personnel > Political aspects > Italy.
Soldiers' monuments > Social aspects > Italy.
War memorials > Social aspects > Italy.
Mourning customs > Italy.
Human body > Symbolic aspects > Italy.

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Call Number: NA9330.I8 W58 2011
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