Places of public memory the rhetoric of museums and memorials
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa [Ala.] :
University of Alabama Press
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798327706719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817383602 |
