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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dickinson, Greg, Blair, Carole, Ott, Brian L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Temas:
Place (Philosophy)
Memory.
Memorialization.
Museums > Social aspects.
Lieu (Philosophie)
Commémorations.
Musées > Aspect social.
commemorations (events)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278).
ISBN:9780817383602
0817383603

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