Arnout Hauben & Johanna Spaey, To War. A Journey Along the Front of World War I
Infotainment is supposed to disseminate historical knowledge to a broader audience, and I am fully aware that this unavoidably implies the loss of some nuance in favour of the genre’s entertaining aspect. The problem with Arnout Hauben and Johanna Spaey’s Ten Oorlog. Een reis langs het front van WO...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2014
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Infotainment is supposed to disseminate historical knowledge to a broader audience, and I am fully aware that this unavoidably implies the loss of some nuance in favour of the genre’s entertaining aspect. The problem with Arnout Hauben and Johanna Spaey’s Ten Oorlog. Een reis langs het front van WO I is that its informative aspect is not subject to nuance but rather flawed by inaccuracies.A few preliminary remarks. Reading the title raises some suspicions: the subtitle, A Journey Along the F... |
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