We Are What We Remember :: the American Past Through Commemoration.

Commemorative practices are revised and rebuilt based on the spirit of the time in which they are re/created. Historians sometimes imagine that commemoration captures history, but actually commemoration creates new narratives about history that allow people to interact with the past in a way that th...

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1. Verfasser: Meriwether, Jeffrey Lee
Weitere Verfasser: D'Amore, Laura Mattoon
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Commemorative practices are revised and rebuilt based on the spirit of the time in which they are re/created. Historians sometimes imagine that commemoration captures history, but actually commemoration creates new narratives about history that allow people to interact with the past in a way that they find meaningful. As our social values change (race, gender, religion, sexuality, class), our commemorations do, too. We Are What We Remember: The American Past Through Commemoration, analyzes cu ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (419 pages)
ISBN:9781443845854
144384585X

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