Places of Public Memory: The Rhetoric of Museums and Memorials (Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique)
by Greg Dickinson, Carole Blair, Brian L. Ott
Places of Public Memory examines how museums and memorials communicate ideas about the past. Bringing rhetoric, culture, and social critique together, this volume considers the ways public spaces of remembrance shape, represent, and influence public memory.
About This Book
Places of Public Memory explores the relationship between public memory and the institutions that preserve and present it.
Focusing on museums and memorials, the book considers how these spaces communicate cultural meaning.
Through a rhetorical and critical lens, it examines the ways public memory is shaped, represented, and understood.
This volume brings together perspectives on rhetoric, culture, and social critique in the study of public places and remembrance.
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!