Memorial mania : public feeling in America

Publication Data

• Title Memorial mania : public feeling in America
• Author Erika Lee Doss
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Clayton, Elias, approximately 1897-1920 :: Monuments
• Jackson, Elmer, 1897-1920 :: Monuments
• McGhie, Isaac, approximately 1900-1920 :: Monuments
• Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial (Duluth, Minn.)
• Collective memory :: United States
• Monuments :: United States :: Public opinion
• Victims of terrorism :: Monuments :: United States
• War memorials :: United States :: Public opinion
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Memorial mania : public feeling in America by Erika Lee Doss. ISBN 9780226159386. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.