We Are What We Remember the American Past Through Commemoration
Commemorative practices are revised and rebuilt based on the spirit of the time in which they are re/created. Historians sometimes imagine that commemoration captures history, but actually commemoration creates new narratives about history that allow people to interact with the past in a way that th...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub
2012.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30787385*spi |
Sumario: | Commemorative practices are revised and rebuilt based on the spirit of the time in which they are re/created. Historians sometimes imagine that commemoration captures history, but actually commemoration creates new narratives about history that allow people to interact with the past in a way that they find meaningful. As our social values change (race, gender, religion, sexuality, class), our commemorations do, too. We Are What We Remember: The American Past Through Commemoration, analyzes cu ... |
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Descripción Física: | 419 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781443845854 |