Memorials Matter

Emotion, Environment and Public Memory at American Historical Sites

Jennifer K. Ladino (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2019
University of Nevada Press (Verlag)
978-1-943859-97-9 (ISBN)

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Investigates how sites of memory in the American West influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. The book compares seven diverse National Park Service sites to show how the natural landscapes and built structures combine with written texts at each site to generate emotion and shape our collective memory of traumatic events.

Memorials Matter investigates how sites of memory in the American West influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. The book compares seven diverse National Park Service sites to show how the natural landscapes and built structures combine with written texts at each site to generate emotion in individual tourists and shape our collective memory of traumatic events.

Jennifer Ladino is the author and Asoociate Professor of English at the University of Idaho, where she specializes in American literature and the environmental humainties. Her first book was a finalist for the ASLE book award in 2013.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	20 black & white photos
Verlagsort	Reno
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	575 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-943859-97-3 / 1943859973
ISBN-13	978-1-943859-97-9 / 9781943859979
Zustand	Neuware