The Glorious Dead and Sacred Communities in Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan and Wajda’s Katyń

Historical memory is one of the keys to strengthening what Anthony Smith calls the “deep cultural resources” of national identity (Chosen Peoples 5). This article argues that in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan of 1998 and Andrzej Wajda’s Katyń of 2007 a dialogue with sacred cultural resources...

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Main Author: Garbowski, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2014, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 373-398
Further subjects:B historical memory commemoration covenants sacred community ritual honor sacrifice
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