Places of public memory :: the rhetoric of museums and memorials /

Though we live in a time when memory seems to be losing its hold on communities, memory remains central to personal, communal, and national identities. And although popular and public discourses from speeches to films invite a shared sense of the past, official sites of memory such as memorials, mus...

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Weitere Verfasser: Dickinson, Greg, Blair, Carole, Ott, Brian L.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Zusammenfassung:Though we live in a time when memory seems to be losing its hold on communities, memory remains central to personal, communal, and national identities. And although popular and public discourses from speeches to films invite a shared sense of the past, official sites of memory such as memorials, museums, and battlefields embody unique rhetorical principles. Places of Public Memory: The Rhetoric of Museums and Memorials is a sustained and rigorous consideration of the intersections of memory, place, and rhetoric. From the mnemonic systems inscribed upon ancient architecture to the roadside acci.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278).
ISBN:9780817383602
0817383603

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