Public places : sites of political communication / Carl T. Hyden, Theodore F. Sheckels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyden, Carl T., 1953- author.

Sheckels, Theodore F., author.

Series:

Lexington studies in political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Political aspects--United States.

Public spaces.

Memorialization--Political aspects--United States.

Memorialization.

Communication in politics--United States.

Communication in politics.

Public spaces--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxx, 267 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

This book rhetorically and historically examines the contextual and experiential dimensions of a wide range of public places that are rife with political implications. Fourteen public places-ranging from the national to local, from 9/11 memorials to a baseball park-are analyzed. The authors investigate the histories of these public spaces, examine their designs, and discuss their political implications in order to outline their role within the public sphere. This book begins with a loose theoretical framework for understanding public places as rhetorically drawn from extant scholarship, and concludes by systematically exploring the allocation of power by public places. Public Places is recommended for scholars of communication studies, rhetoric, political science, and architecture. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: reading public places rhetorically

The national 9/11 memorials : whom do we remember and how do we remember them?

Local 9/11 memorials : remembering the events of 9/11 away from Ground Zero

Johnstown, Pennsylvania : remembering slowly and differently

Point Lookout, Maryland : remembering the fort lincoln dead, eventually and variously

Lincoln and son come to Richmond : remembering the 16th president in the heart of the Confederacy

Slavery, Thurgood Marshall, Roger B. Taney : Maryland's conflicted relationships

Cambridge, Maryland : redoing the city's history

American cities : trying to forget

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania : remembering in the wrong place

Chicago's park system : make no little plans

The high line : creating networks of accidental activists, residents, philanthropists, business people and politicians to create an unlikely urban park

U Street NW and H Street NE in Washington, DC : contested corridors

The Westminster arcade : politics and renaissance in providence

PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : remembering and celebrating at the old ballgame

Conclusion : reading politically.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hyden, Carl T., 1953- author. Public places.

ISBN:

9781498507257

1498507255

OCLC:

930462863