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25 mars 2021
- handle: 10670/1.buruz6
- isbn: 9782918783145
- eisbn: 9782918783244
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armée France Grande Guerre histoire Première Guerre mondiale tourisme army First World War France history World War I WW1 erster weltkrieg frankreich tourismus geschichte Humanities, Multidisciplinary Geography History & Archaeology History Cultural studiesSujets proches
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Mark Connelly et al., « Writing the War : battlefield guidebooks and the establishing of an « essential » touring narrative », Éditions Codex, ID : 10670/1.buruz6
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So ends a conversation between the novelist Henry Williamson and an unknown American tourist outside an Ypres hotel. In this short excerpt, Williamson captured an aspect of interwar battlefield tourism that caused tension between ex-servicemen, pilgrims and those regarded as tourists. Pilgrims and ex-servicemen, represented by organisations such the Ypres League, Toc H and latterly the British Legion, saw this reduction of the war experience to a few key sites as a denigration of the sacrific...