The securitization of memorial space : rhetoric and public memory /

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"In The Securitization of Memorial Space, the authors contend that the National September 11 Memorial Museum is a securitized site of remembrance that evokes feelings of insecurity that justify post-9/11 policies and war"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Paliewicz, Nicholas S. (Author), Hasian, Marouf Arif, Jr (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:
National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Organization)
2001
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Memorialization > Political aspects > United States.
Collective memory > Political aspects > United States.
National security > Social aspects > United States.
Commémorations > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Mémoire collective > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Remembering 9/11 (in)securities and the impetus for national commemoration at Ground Zero
  • The ambiguities and insecurities of Ground Zero space: how dust and shrines threaten the resecuritization of New York
  • Rebuilding Ground Zero: risky objects and the force of security, 2002-2005
  • Policing memory with moral authority: the idealistic visions of family members of the deceased, 2004-2014
  • Melancholic commemoration and "policing" at the National September 11 Memorial, 2011-2014
  • Holocaust memories and counterterrorist practices at Ground Zero
  • Conclusion: How the National September 11 Memorial and Museum functions as a political platform for legitimating future U.S. interventionism.

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