Commemoration in America Essays on Monuments, Memorialization and Memory |
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Editor:
| Gobel, David Rossell, Daves |
ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3373-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution of the city. Addressing the complex ways that monuments in the US have been imagined, created, and perceived from the colonial period to the present, Commemoration in America is a wide-ranging volume that focuses on the role of remembrance and memorialisation in American urban life.
Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution of the city. Addressing the complex ways that monuments in the US have been imagined, created, and perceived from the colonial period to the present, Commemoration in America is a wide-ranging volume that focuses on the role of remembrance and memorialisation in American urban life.