The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials (Meertens ethnology cahier) - Softcover

Doss, Erika

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9789089640185: The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials (Meertens ethnology cahier)
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ISBN 10: 9089640185 ISBN 13: 9789089640185
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

From the commemoration of September 11to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recentdecades have witnessed a substantialincrease in the number of new publicmemorials built in both Europe and theUnited States. This volume considers thecontemporary explosion of publiccommemoration in terms of changedcultural and social practices of mourning, memory, and public feeling. Positingmemorials as the physical and visualembodiment of our affective responses toloss, Erika Doss focuses especially on the memorial ephemera of flowers, candles, balloons, and cards placed at sites of tragicdeath in order to better comprehendhow grief is mediated in contemporary commemorative cultures.

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About the Author

Erika Doss is professor and chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.

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From the commemoration of September 11to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recentdecades have witnessed a substantialincrease in the number of new publicmemorials built in both Europe and theUnited States. This volume considers thecontemporary explosion of publiccommemoration in terms of changedcultural and social practices of mourning,memory, and public feeling. Positingmemorials as the physical and visualembodiment of our affective responses toloss, Erika Doss focuses especially on the memorial ephemera of flowers, candles,balloons, and cards placed at sites of tragicdeath in order to better comprehendhow grief is mediated in contemporarycommemorative cultures.

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From the commemoration of September 11to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recentdecades have witnessed a substantialincrease in the number of new publicmemorials built in both Europe and theUnited States. This volume considers thecontemporary explosion of publiccommemoration in terms of changedcultural and social practices of mourning,memory, and public feeling. Positingmemorials as the physical and visualembodiment of our affective responses toloss, Erika Doss focuses especially on the memorial ephemera of flowers, candles,balloons, and cards placed at sites of tragicdeath in order to better comprehendhow grief is mediated in contemporarycommemorative cultures.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9089640185
ISBN 13 
9789089640185
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
52
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