The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier Modern Mourning And The Reinvention Of The Mystical Body

Download or read book The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body written by Laura Wittman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.