Same Memory, Different Memorials
Recent literature on modern martyrdom and memory has focused on cases in which individual groups remember martyrs’ sacrifices by making similar memorials to them. However, this article argues that even if members of a group agree on a martyr narrative, different memorials with diverse meanings can s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 217-250 |
| Further subjects: | B
Congo
Katanga
décolonisation
Pères du Saint-Esprit (Spiritains)
commémoration
martyr
B Congo Katanga decolonization Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) memorialization martyrdom |
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| Summary: | Recent literature on modern martyrdom and memory has focused on cases in which individual groups remember martyrs’ sacrifices by making similar memorials to them. However, this article argues that even if members of a group agree on a martyr narrative, different memorials with diverse meanings can still be erected in memory of the martyrs concerned. This article supports its argument by exploring the case of twenty members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) who were killed on 1 January 1962 in Kongolo in southeastern Congo-Kinshasa. The memorials dedicated to these Spiritans differ substantively with each other by emphasizing different aspects of sacrifice and memory. This article concludes by arguing that the diversity of memorials involved in this case alerts us to the fact that the traditions associated with martyrdom do not always dominate the public memory of those who sacrifice their lives for a cause. La littérature récente sur le martyr moderne et la mémoire s’ est concentrée sur des cas dans lesquels des groupes donnés se remémorent les sacrifices des martyrs en leur érigeant des monuments identiques. Pourtant, cet article démontre que même quand les membres du groupe s’ accordent sur le récit du martyr, plusieurs monuments porteurs de différentes significations peuvent être érigés à la mémoire de ces martyrs. Pour appuyer cette démonstration, l’ article analyse le cas de vingt membres des Pères du Saint-Esprit (spiritains) qui furent tués le 1er janvier 1962 à Kongolo dans le sud-est du Congo-Kinshasa. Les monuments dédiés à ces pères spiritains diffèrent sensiblement les uns des autres, en insistant sur différents aspects du sacrifice et de la mémoire. L’ article conclut que la diversité des monuments liés à ce cas souligne le fait que les traditions associées au martyr ne s’ imposent pas toujours à la mémoire publique de ceux qui ont sacrifié leur vie pour une cause. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8945 |
| Contains: | In: Social sciences and missions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748945-03103004 |