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Memorial mania : public feeling in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doss, Erika Lee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Monuments > United States > Public opinion.
War memorials > United States > Public opinion.
Collective memory > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > United States.
Victims of terrorism > Monuments > United States.
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial (Duluth, Minn.)
McGhie, Isaac, > approximately 1900-1920 > Monuments.
Clayton, Elias, > approximately 1897-1920 > Monuments.
Jackson, Elmer, > 1897-1920 > Monuments.
Table of Contents:
  • Statue mania to memorial mania: scope of the subject
  • Grief: temporary memorials and contemporary modes of mourning
  • Fear: terrorism memorials and security narratives
  • Gratitude: memorializing World War II and the "greatest generation"
  • Shame: Duluth's lynching memorial and issues of national morality
  • Anger: contesting American identity in contemporary memorial culture.