Monuments and Memory (eBook)

Archaeological Perspectives on Commemoration

John H. Jameson, Sherene Baugher, Richard Veit (Herausgeber)

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2025
318 Seiten
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-7357-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Examining the pasts, evolving meanings, and silenced histories surrounding public monuments This volume examines many different public monuments to increase understanding of the cultural factors that have shaped their creation, maintenance, andin some casesremoval. The role of monuments in communities and society continues to be an important and controversial topic, and the case studies in this volume contribute to this conversation by assessing the ways such markers can be empowering or marginalizing from a wide range of perspectives. The monuments discussed here represent historical events from the Revolutionary War through the Korean War, including the slave auction block formerly located on the streets of Fredericksburg, Virginia; memorials to Confederate soldiers across the South and in northern POW cemeteries; and the Pullman National Monument in Chicago for workers who participated in the 1894 Pullman Strike. This volume also highlights the dearth of statues memorializing the achievements of women and minorities, especially women of color, and contributors discuss whether recent movements advocating for more inclusive histories will lead to an increase in monuments honoring people whose narratives have been suppressed. Looking at the powerful role of monuments in conveying the memory of history to future generations, the contributors to Monuments and Memory show why it is important to address the messages of these sites and ask whose histories they may be silencing. This book demonstrates how conversations surrounding preservation and interpretation of monuments encourage community involvement. A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Katherine Hayes Contributors: Mark Cassello | Richard F. Veit | MarkCianciosi | Joshua Butchko | Diane Wallman | Suzanne Spencer-Wood | ShereneBaugher | Lu Ann De Cunzo | John H. Jameson | Jeffrey Smith | Hilary Green | BrantVenables | Timo Ylimaunu | Paul R. Mullins | Kerri Barile | Harold Mytum | MelissaZiobro | M. Jay Stottman | Levi Fox | Matthew Litteral

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.1.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 70 b/w illus., 2 tables, notes, bibliography, index
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Albert Gallatin Jenkins • American Civil War • American Revolution • Authorized heritage discourse • Boer War • commemoration • community-remembered histories • Confederate monuments • Contested Heritage • critical heritage studies • cultural heritage landscapes • Culture wars • diverse stakeholders • Eleanor Cross • Elmira Prisoner of War Camp • Gamble Plantation Historic State Park • George Floyd • Green Howards • historical and contemporary conflict • Historical Archaeology • Imperial War Museum • Inchon Landing • International Coalition of Sites of Conscience • Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial • Korean War • Marginalized narratives • Memory • monument removal • Monuments • monuments of conflict • Pullman National Monument • silenced history • Sir Mark Sykes • slave auction block • Sledmere Memorials • Social Justice • Suppressed narratives • United Daughters of the Confederacy • War Memorials Register • White supremist ideology • Wolds Wagoners • World War II • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-7357-X / 081307357X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-7357-6 / 9780813073576