International Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments

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Contested Histories

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Tomás Irish, Simon John, Hannah Lyons

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Examining case studies from Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe, this book explores the debates around the past, present and future of public monuments. Through the lens of the protests against controversial statues that began in 2020, it brings together scholars from across the academy to analyse the spatial, physical, and emotional interactions between monuments and people. Including analysis of examples ranging from the statue of Indro Montanelli in Milan, to monumentalisation of Mughal and British occupation in the Indian subcontinent, this book uncovers the role of public monuments in crafting national and individual identities, their role in public memory, and how they may be used to preserve or subvert chosen pasts. Acknowledging how memorials may elicit a strong public reaction, the essays in this volume also consider the merit of certain actions when contesting public monuments – from small alterations to complete destruction. With a strong emphasis on the future, this volume also surveys how artists and activists have, in recent years, begun to pioneer digital and other innovative methods of monumental commemoration. Exploring contemporary performance art and installation work, such as Nicholas’ Galanin’s Shadow on the Land, it demonstrates how the digital age can bring a statue’s local impact to new, global audiences, and create a new form of memorialisation.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-17
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350401648

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Introduction: Contested Histories: Framing Debates on Public Monuments Before and After the Fall of Colston, Simon John (Swansea University, UK), Tomás Irish (Swansea University, UK), and Hannah Lyons (University of Warwick, UK)Part I: Monuments, Iconoclasm and Theory1. Sticking Similarities. Monuments, Bodies and Iconoclasms through Space and Time, Julie Deschepper (Max Planck Institute, Florence, Italy)2. Public Memory and Beyond: Scars and Subversions of State-Sanctioned Monumentalization(s), Anna Calori (University of Vienna, Italy) and Carlo Andrea Tassinari (University of Palermo, Italy)Part II: National Identity, Post-Imperial Narratives and Commemoration3. Conflict Memorialisation: Contested Identities and Nation-Building in the Indian Subcontinent, Neha Dewan (UNESCO, France)4. “Cette Libyenneté en Devenir”: Septimius Severus, Libyan Identity, and the Contested History of a 20th Century Statue, Kieren Johns (University of Warwick, UK)5. The Quezon Memorial Shrine: A Monument to the “Political Progress of the Philippines, Kimberley Weir (University of Nottingham, UK)Part III: Public Monuments, Representation and the State6. #Noloyalslaves: Monuments and Movements in Trinidad and Tobago, O’Neil Joseph (University of the West Indies, Jamaica)7. Black Statues: Where We Stand on Race within the US Capital Space, Frederick Gooding, Jr. (Texas Christian University, USA)8. Commemoration as Colonial Violence: Stonewall & the Gentrification of STAR, GVGK Tang (Independent Scholar, USA)Part IV: Monumental Futures and Creative Subversion in the Contemporary World9. Shadows, Reflections, Wrecks: Reimagining a statue of Captain Cook, Alice Procter (Independent Scholar, UK)10. Digital Decolonisation: Turning Monuments into Memorials, Jeremiah Garsha (University College Dublin, Ireland)11. Future: Monuments, Sarah May (Swansea University, UK)