Memorial mania
Subtitle: public feeling in America
By: Erika Doss.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780226159386
Subjects: McGhie, Isaac, -- ca. 1900-1920 -- Monuments; Clayton, Elias, -- ca. 1897-1920 -- Monuments; Jackson, Elmer, -- 1897-1920 -- Monuments; Monuments -- United States -- Public opinion; War memorials -- United States -- Public opinion; Collective memory -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Monuments -- United States; Victims of terrorism -- Monuments -- United States; Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial (Duluth, Minn.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Statue mania to memorial mania: scope of the subject; title: Grief: temporary memorials and contemporary modes of mourning; title: Fear: terrorism memorials and security narratives; title: Gratitude: memorializing World War II and the "greatest generation"; title: Shame: Duluth's lynching memorial and issues of national morality; title: Anger: contesting American identity in contemporary memorial culture.