US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall
Published on 26. April 2018
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-1-4985-6320-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
Memorials, like people, have biographies, and these thoughtful essays escort readers into the vibrant, challenging world of memorial processes on our National Mall. -- Edward T. Linenthal, author of Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum and The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in Amer Few places in the US are more central to US national identity than is the National Mall in Washington, DC. This book engages a crucial question regarding this space: "How does the National Mall reflect the soul of the nation?" The lively and accessible chapters collected address this central question with care and charisma. This is a fine book about the National Mall. It is also a dynamic introduction to the rhetorical and cultural study of memory places and national identity. -- Greg Dickinson, Colorado State UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-6320-8 (9781498563208)
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Persons
Roger C. Aden is professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Soul of the Nation
Roger C. Aden
Chapter 2. Civic Tourism and the Washington Monument
Casey R. Schmitt
Chapter 3. Placemaking and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An Exploration in User-experience Design
John A. McArthur
Chapter 4. Myth and Accountability: The Negotiation of Rhetorical Tensions in the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Michael R. Kramer
Chapter 5. Commemorating in America's Front Yard: The National World War II Memorial and the Public Memory Landscape of the National Mall
Jennifer L. Jones Barbour
Chapter 6. A Requiem and a Dream: Discerning the Rhetorical Significance of the Lincoln Memorial
Raymond Blanton
Chapter 7. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial as a Site of Virtuous Suffering
Lawrence J. Prelli
Chapter 8. Entrepreneurs and Immigrants: Representing American Identity in the National Museum of American History
Jennifer Keohane
Chapter 9. Intergenerational Cultural Trauma and the National Museum of the American Indian
Ernest Stromberg
Chapter 10. Public Memory as Contested Site: The Struggle for Existence at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Timothy J. Brown
Chapter 11. Extending the National Narrative: The MLK Memorial and the Museum of African American History and Culture
Lisa Benton-Short
Chapter 12. Memorials behind the One We See: The Story of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Karen A. Franck
Chapter 13. Stepping into History: Time and Dialogue in the Progressive Experience of the FDR Memorial
Catherine L. Langford
Chapter 14. Conclusion: Soul Searching and Public Memory on the National Mall
Roger C. Aden
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Soul of the Nation
Roger C. Aden
Chapter 2. Civic Tourism and the Washington Monument
Casey R. Schmitt
Chapter 3. Placemaking and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An Exploration in User-experience Design
John A. McArthur
Chapter 4. Myth and Accountability: The Negotiation of Rhetorical Tensions in the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Michael R. Kramer
Chapter 5. Commemorating in America's Front Yard: The National World War II Memorial and the Public Memory Landscape of the National Mall
Jennifer L. Jones Barbour
Chapter 6. A Requiem and a Dream: Discerning the Rhetorical Significance of the Lincoln Memorial
Raymond Blanton
Chapter 7. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial as a Site of Virtuous Suffering
Lawrence J. Prelli
Chapter 8. Entrepreneurs and Immigrants: Representing American Identity in the National Museum of American History
Jennifer Keohane
Chapter 9. Intergenerational Cultural Trauma and the National Museum of the American Indian
Ernest Stromberg
Chapter 10. Public Memory as Contested Site: The Struggle for Existence at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Timothy J. Brown
Chapter 11. Extending the National Narrative: The MLK Memorial and the Museum of African American History and Culture
Lisa Benton-Short
Chapter 12. Memorials behind the One We See: The Story of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Karen A. Franck
Chapter 13. Stepping into History: Time and Dialogue in the Progressive Experience of the FDR Memorial
Catherine L. Langford
Chapter 14. Conclusion: Soul Searching and Public Memory on the National Mall
Roger C. Aden