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MEDIASTUDIESLITERARYSTUDIESMUSICOLOGYSPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONS1916davidwilliamsjohng.gibsonTheBattleoftheSommeMediaMemoryandtheFirstWorldWarWinnipegFreePressImaginedNationsReectionsonMediainCanadianFictionOldandNewWorldHighlandBagpipingTraditionalGaelicBagpiping17451945OldandNewWorldHighlandBagpipingTheCanadianHistoricalReviewTraditionalGaelicBagpiping17451945TheBackotheHillOctober2011September2011202011newinpapernewinpaperMQUPFALLAcutting-edgeintellectuallyambitiousandthought-provokinganalysisofthefamiliarGreatWarcanonthatraisesfascinatingnewpossibilitiesforinterpretingtheseworks.MarkSheftallDukeUniversityGibsonspassionforthesubjectshinesthroughoneverypageandtherecanbenodenyinghisknowledgeofthesourcesforpipinghistory.DavidWaterhouseUniversityofTorontoMcGill-QueensStudiesintheHistoryofIdeas978-0-7735-3907-529.95TCDN29.95TUS19.99paper6x9336ppMcGill-QueensStudiesinEthnicHistory978-0-7735-3923-534.95TCDN34.95TUS22.99paper6x9448ppIllustrationsWhydoestheGreatWarseempartofmodernmemorywhenitsritualsofmourningandremembranceweretraditionalromanticevenclassicalInthishighlyoriginalhistoryofmemoryDavidWilliamsshowshowclassicGreatWarliteratureincludingworkbyRemarqueOwenSassoonandHarrisonwassymptomaticofaculturalcrisisbroughtonbytheadventofcinema.HearguesthatimagesfromGeoffreyMalinshugelypopularwarlmcollapsedsocialtemporalandspatialboundariesgivinglmanewculturallegitimacywhiletheappearanceofwritingsbasedoncinematicformsofrememberingmarkedacrucialtransitionfromaverbaltoavisualculture.BycontrasttodaysdigitalmediaarelayingthegroundforareturntoHomericmemorywhetherinHistoryTelevisionthedigitalMemoryProjectortheinteractivewarmuseum.Ofinteresttohistoriansclassicistsmediaanddigitaltheoristsliteraryscholarsmuseologistsandarchivistsisacomparativestudythatshowshowthedominantmodeofcommuni-cationinapopularculturefromoraltraditionstodigitalmediashapesthestructureofmemorywithinthatculture.AbrilliantbookthatdeservesalargereadershipbecauseitconsidersdeepmattersinanimpressivelyintelligentwayThisisastunningworkofimaginationatsomanylevelsthereaderischallengedbyitsspeculativelinksandsuggestions.isprofessorofEnglishStPaulsCollegeUniversityofManitobaandtheauthorof.providesacomprehensivebiograph-icalandgenealogicalaccountofpipersandpipinginhighlandScotlandandGaelicCapeBreton.TheworkistheresultofoverthirtyyearsoforaleldworkamongthelastGaelsinCapeBretonforwhompipingtunself-consciouslyintocommunitylifeaswellasanexhaustivesynthesisofScottisharchivalandsecondarysources.Reectingtheinvaluablememoriesofnow-deceasednewworldGaeliclore-bearersJohnGibsonshowsthattraditionalcommunitypipinginboththeoldandnewworldGihealtachlanwasandforalongtimeremainedthesameexposingthedistortionsintroducedbythetendencytointerpretthewrittenrecordfromtheperspectiveofmodernpost-eighteenth-centurybagpiping.FollowinguptheargumentinhispreviousbookGibsontracestheshiftfromtraditiontomodernismintheoldworldthroughdetailedgenealogiesfocusingonhowthesocialfunctionoftheScottishpiperchangedandstep-dancepipingprogressivelydisappeared.willstircontroversyanddebateinthepipingworldwhileprovidingremindersofthevalueoforalhistoryandtheimportanceofdescribingculturalphenomenawithgreatcareanddetail.Anexcellentworkwellresearchedsplendidlyfootnotedabookanyonewithaninterestinthesubjectwillndamusthave.ascholarofGaeliccultureandethnographerwholivesinJudiqueNovaScotiaisalsotheauthorofand.MediaMemoryandtheFirstWorldWarOldandNewWorldHighlandBagpipingDavidWilliamsJohnG.Gibson