US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall (eBook)

Roger C. Aden (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
254 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6321-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores how prominent sites across the National Mall remember US history, both individually and in concert with other sites throughout the Mall. Collectively, these sites reveal how the nation remembers itself and convey key elements of its collective nature.

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US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall examines ';the nation's front yard,' understanding it as both a public face the United States presents to the world and a site where its less apparent moral story is told. This book provides a uniquely thorough, interdisciplinary, and integrated examination of how the National Mall shares a moral story of the United States and, in so doing, reveals the soul of the nation. The contributors explore 11 different memorials, monuments, and museums found across the Mall, considering how each rhetorically remembers a key element of the nation's past, what the rhetorical memory tells us about the nation's soul, and how each site must thus be understood in relation to the commemorative landscape of the Mall.

Autor

Roger C. Aden is professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Soul of the NationRoger C. Aden Chapter 2. Civic Tourism and the Washington MonumentCasey R. Schmitt Chapter 3. Placemaking and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An Exploration in User-experience DesignJohn A. McArthur Chapter 4. Myth and Accountability: The Negotiation of Rhetorical Tensions in the Korean War Veterans MemorialMichael R. Kramer Chapter 5. Commemorating in America’s Front Yard: The National World War II Memorial and the Public Memory Landscape of the National MallJennifer L. Jones Barbour Chapter 6. A Requiem and a Dream: Discerning the Rhetorical Significance of the Lincoln MemorialRaymond Blanton Chapter 7. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial as a Site of Virtuous SufferingLawrence J. Prelli Chapter 8. Entrepreneurs and Immigrants: Representing American Identity in the National Museum of American HistoryJennifer Keohane Chapter 9. Intergenerational Cultural Trauma and the National Museum of the American IndianErnest Stromberg Chapter 10. Public Memory as Contested Site: The Struggle for Existence at the National Museum of African American History and CultureTimothy J. Brown Chapter 11. Extending the National Narrative: The MLK Memorial and the Museum of African American History and CultureLisa Benton-Short Chapter 12. Memorials behind the One We See: The Story of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialKaren A. Franck Chapter 13. Stepping into History: Time and Dialogue in the Progressive Experience of the FDR MemorialCatherine L. Langford Chapter 14. Conclusion: Soul Searching and Public Memory on the National MallRoger C. Aden

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
• Co-Autor: Jennifer Jones Barbour, Lawrence J. Prelli, Casey R. Schmitt, Ernest Stromberg, Lisa Benton-Short, Raymond Blanton, Timothy J. Brown, Karen A. Franck, Jennifer Keohane, Michael R. Kramer, Catherine L. Langford, John A. McArthur
• Zusatzinfo: 15 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations; - 12 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Schlagworte: commemoration • History • Landscape • Memorials • Monuments • National Mall • Political Science • Public memory • rhetoric • Washington, DC
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6321-X / 149856321X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6321-5 / 9781498563215