Public forgetting : the rhetoric and politics of beginning again /
Bradford Vivian.
Bok Engelsk 2010 Bradford. Vivian,· Electronic books
| Utgitt | University Park, Pa. : : Pennsylvania State University Press, , c2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (x, 212 p. )
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- Forgetting in public life : an idiomatic history of the present -- The two rivers, past and present -- Forgetting without oblivion -- Public forgetting : alternate histories, new heuristics -- Hallowed ground, hollow memory : rhetorical form and commemorative politics on September 11, 2002 -- Historical forgetting : John W. Draper and the rhetorical dimensions of history -- Cultural forgetting : the "timeless now" of nomadic memories -- Moral and political forgetting : Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural -- Conclusion.. - "Reconsiders the negative status attributed to forgetting in both academic and popular discussions of public memory. Demonstrates how a community may adopt idioms of forgetting in order to create new and beneficial standards of public judgment concerning the lessons and responsibilities of its shared past"--Provided by publisher.
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| ISBN | 0-271-05137-X
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