Representations of peace and conflict

"This wide-ranging multidisciplinary collection highlights the centrality of representations for the study of peace and conflict. Its analysis covers topics as diverse as British soldiers' photographic records, social identity in Northern Ireland; memory work; the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission; the London memorial to the Women of World War II and protest songs in the popular music charts. These studies are written by an array of internationally influential authors, as well as emerging scholars, from a range of social science and humanities disciplines including cultural studies; geography; history; linguistics; media studies; peace studies; religious studies and social psychology. This rich and varied volume constitutes a timely engagement with matters pertaining to how peace and conflict are represented in many unique forms. --

'Table of Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Representations of Peace and Conflict; S.Gibson & S.Mollan -- PART II: PEACE MOVEMENTS AND RESISTANCE -- Peace Now or Never? Images of Peace in Israel; J.Simons -- The Return of the \'conchie\': Newspaper Representations of Conscientious Objectors and Pacifists in World War II; J.Tulloch -- What\'s going on: Anti-war and Pro-war Hits on the Billboard Singles Charts during the Vietnam War Era (1965-1975) and the \'War on Terror\' (2001-2010); J.Stewart -- \'Quakers in khaki\': Conscientious Objectors\' Resistance to Uniform Clothing in First World War Britain; J.Tynan -- PART II: MILITARIES AND MILITARIZATION -- Soldiers\' Photographic Representations of Participation in Armed Conflict; R.Woodward & K.N.Jenkings -- Exploring Representations of the Soldier as Victim: From Northern Ireland to Iraq; R.McGarry & N.Ferguson -- Supporting the Troops, Serving the Country: Rhetorical Commonplaces in the Representation of Military Service; S.Gibson -- PART III: PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS -- Make (?) not war! Are the Social Representations of Peace and War Antonyms?; M.Sarrica & J.Wachelke -- \'Unexpected\' and \'inclusive\' Social Identities in Intractable Conflict: The Case of Northern Ireland; R.D.Lowe & O.Muldoon -- PART IV: RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS -- Representing \'religious violence\': Understanding the Role of Religion as Simplifier and Magnifier of Violent Conflict; L.van Liere -- The Sacred Icon: Confronting the Anthropocentrism of a Secularized World; P.Kollontai -- PART V: MEMORY AND MEMORIALIZATION -- The Representation of Conflict in Modern Memory Work; N.Young -- War and Peace in the Cloakroom: The Controversy over the Memorial to the Women of World War II; C.Peniston-Bird -- Representing Apartheid Trauma: The Archive of the TRC Victim Hearings; A.Verdoolaege.'
'statement of responsibility: edited by Stephen Gibson, York St. John University, UK and Simon Mollan, University of Liverpool, UK.'
'bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.'