The afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Subtitle: a biography
By: Michael J. Hogan, University of Illinois, Springfield, the Ohio State University, Emeritus
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781107186996
Subjects: Collective memory; Politics and government; Historiography; Presidents; History and criticism; Influence; Public opinion; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: The afterlife of John FItzgerald Kennedy : an introduction; title: All the world's a stage : constructing Kennedy; title: From history to memory : assassination and the making of a sacred symbol; title: Ritual and remembrance : cultural trauma, collective memory, and the funeral of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; title: In death there is life : monuments of paper and pen; title: In death there is life : monuments of glass, steel, and stone; title: The memory wars : contesting Kennedy; title: Gone but not forgotten : history, memory, and nostalgia.