Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. INTRODUCTION Approaching Historical Reenactments 1
5. Part I NEW THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
6. CHAPTER 1 On Motives for Reenactment: The Kindertransport 19
7. CHAPTER 2 Conceptualizing the Period Rush: Ludic Dimensions of Immersive History in Historical Reenactment 33
8. Part II REENACTMENTS AS TOOLS OF CULTURAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES
9. CHAPTER 3 Historical Reenactments in Spain: A Critical Approach to Public Perceptions of the Iron Age and Roman Past 49
10. CHAPTER 4 Reenacting the Reconquista Myth? Some Refl ections on Moros y Cristianos Festivals in Spain 66
11. Part III POLITICS OF REENACTMENT Troubled Pasts, Colonialism, and Democratic Prospects
12. CHAPTER 5 Statue Wars and Reenactments: Reinterpreting the Colonial Past in Australia 85
13. CHAPTER 6 From Yogyakarta to Independence: Negotiating Narratives in the Historical Reenactment of Recolonization in Indonesia 98
14. CHAPTER 7 Memory Sites and Reenacting State Terrorism: The Museum at Argentina’s Naval Mechanics School 118
15. Part IV REENACTMENTS AS EDUCATIONAL DEVICES IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONTEXTS
16. CHAPTER 8 Reenacting the Past in the School Yard: Its Role of Reenactment in Civic and History Education 131
17. CHAPTER 9 Inside Historical Reenactment 149
18. EPILOGUE What Is the Task of Reenactment? 163
19. Index 170