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Publication details [#46866]

Hettiger, Andreas. 2005. Erinnerung als Ritual. Rhetorische Verfahren zur Konstruktion einer Kriegsveteranenkultur. [Memory as Ritual. Rhetorical processes in the construction of a war-veteran culture.] (Rhetorik-Forschungen 16). De Gruyter. V+156 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | discourse analysis | memory | rhetoric | ritual

Annotation

This book deals with rhetorical processes in the development of a German war-veteran cultural memory. It thereto examines speeches held on Commemoration Day (Volkstrauertag) and interviews conducted with the writers of those speeches.