Transnational American memories /
The volume extends scholary explorations of U.S. American cultures of memory, commemorative identity construction, and the politics of remembrance into the topical field of transnational and comparative American studies. The interdisciplinary range of issues and materials engaged includes literary t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
W. de Gruyter,
2009
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| Series: | Media and cultural memory ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The volume extends scholary explorations of U.S. American cultures of memory, commemorative identity construction, and the politics of remembrance into the topical field of transnational and comparative American studies. The interdisciplinary range of issues and materials engaged includes literary texts, personal accounts, and cultural performances from colonial times through the immediate present, the significance of war monuments and ethnic memorials in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., films about 9/11, public sculptures and the fine arts, American world℗þs fairs as international sites of memory. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 460 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110224214 3110224216 9783110224207 3110224208 1282345427 9781282345423 9786612345425 661234542X |
| ISSN: | 1613-8961 ; |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
