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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body:

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body:
Author: Wittman, Laura
Price: $134.00
ISBN-10: 1442696001
ISBN-13: 9781442696006
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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.