Manipulating the metonymic: the politics of civic identity and the Bristol Cenotaph, 1919–1932 |
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Authors: | P. Gough S. Morgan |
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Affiliation: | aFaculty of Art, Media and Design, University of the West of England, Bristol, Bower Ashton, Bristol BS3 2JT, UK;bSchool of Fine Arts, Massey University at Wellington, P.O. Box 756, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | The city of Bristol was one of the last major cities in Great Britain to unveil a civic memorial to commemorate the Great War 1914–1918. After Leicester (1925), Coventry (1927) and Liverpool (1930), Bristol's Cenotaph was unveiled in 1932, 14 years after the Armistice. During that lapse, its location, source of funding, and commemorative function were the focus of widespread disagreement and division in the city. This paper examines the nature of these disputes. The authors suggest that the tensions in locating a war memorial may have their origins in historic enmities between political and religious factions in the city. By examining in detail the source and manifestations of these disputes, the authors offer a detailed exemplar of how memory is shaped and controlled in British urban spaces. |
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Keywords: | Cenotaph Civic identity Memorial Bristol |
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