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Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again
Vivian, Bradford (Associate Professor, Syracuse University)
Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again
Vivian, Bradford (Associate Professor, Syracuse University)
Reconsiders the negative status attributed to forgetting in both academic and popular discussions of public memory. Demonstrates how a community may adopt idioms of forgetting in order to create new and beneficial standards of public judgment concerning the lessons and responsibilities of its shared past.
216 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 15, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780271036663 |
Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
Pages | 222 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 344 g |
Language | English |