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Author:   Seth C. Bruggeman
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781442279186

ISBN 10:   1442279184
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Conundrum and Nuance in American Memory - Seth C. Bruggeman 2. The Exhibition and the Funeral: Commemoration as Display - Tammy S. Gordon 3. Festivals as a Commemorative Genre - William S. Walker 4. Reenactment: Performing the Past - Cathy Stanton 5. A Local Commemoration of National Significance - Anne C. Reilly 6. Get Territorial: Idaho at 150 - Janet L. Gallimore 7. Global Histories and Cross-Border Commemoration - Adam Hjorthén 8. Sir John A. Macdonald and the Problem of Great Men - Jean-Pierre Morin 9. Gay is Good: Commemorating LGBTQ History - Kenneth C. Turino 10. Sacred Subjects: Religion and Commemoration in America - Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas 11. Commemoration as Activism - Patrick Grossi 12. Alive in Our Imagination: The Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War - Rick Beard and Bob Beatty 13. Commemorating Tragedy at Mother Emanuel AME Church - George W. McDaniel 14. Afterword: Commemoration, Conversation, and Public Feeling in America Today - Erika Doss

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While stone and metal monuments, sanctioned landscapes, and applied commemorative phrases might appear stationary, their value and role will always be fluid continuously evolving to serve the dynamism of future generations. This collection of essays assembled by Seth C. Bruggeman encourages public historians and other heritage professionals to rattle public memory and to challenge complacent narratives to scrutinize and reclaim public memory in order to purposely and productively make remembrances relevant. -- Julia Rose, director and curator, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Museum Baltimore, Maryland and author, Interpreting Difficult History at Historic Sites and Museums, (2016)

While stone and metal monuments, sanctioned landscapes, and applied commemorative phrases might appear stationary, their value and role will always be fluid continuously evolving to serve the dynamism of future generations. This collection of essays assembled by Seth C. Bruggeman encourages public historians and other heritage professionals to rattle public memory, to challenge complacent narratives, and to scrutinize and reclaim public memory in order to purposely and productively make remembrances relevant. -- Julia Rose, director and curator, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Museum Baltimore, Maryland and author, Interpreting Difficult History at Historic Sites and Museums, (2016)

Author Information

Seth C. Bruggeman is an associate professor of History at Temple University, where he periodically directs the Center for Public History. His books include Born in the USA: Birth and Commemoration in American Public Memory, and Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument.

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