The unveiling of the national icons: a plea for patriotic iconoclasm in a nationalist era

In The Unveiling of the National Icons, Albert Boime analyzes the creation and reception of several American national monuments as a means of understanding the politics of memory and national icons. In engaging, "behind-the-scenes" accounts of several highly visible symbols, such as the Am...

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1. Verfasser: Boime, Albert 1933-2008 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 1998
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in American visual culture
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Zusammenfassung:In The Unveiling of the National Icons, Albert Boime analyzes the creation and reception of several American national monuments as a means of understanding the politics of memory and national icons. In engaging, "behind-the-scenes" accounts of several highly visible symbols, such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore, among others, he demonstrates how these icons have been manipulated for patriotic purposes. Boime also shows how these monuments express individual and collective needs and how they are subject to contested readings, despite their origins in the creative imaginations of conservatives and privileged members of America. Examining these symbols as a group for the first time, this book is also the first serious investigation of visual artifacts that are too often taken for granted.
Beschreibung:XVII, 427 S. Ill.
ISBN:0521570670

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