Neoliberalism, postmodernity, and the contemporary memorial-building boom / Nicola Clewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clewer, Nicola, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Memorialisation in the postmodern-neoliberal conjecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memorials--Social aspects--United States.

Memorials.

Memorials--Social aspects--Germany.

Memorialization--United States.

Memorialization.

Memorialization--Germany.

Nationalism and architecture--United States.

Nationalism and architecture.

Nationalism and architecture--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 213 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Contents:

The Postmodern-Neoliberal Conjuncture

Memorialising in Postmodernity : The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Representing the Holocaust : From the "After-Auschwitz" aporia through the "Holocaust Sublime" to new forms of "Knowing"

Memorialising in Postmodernity : The German Counter-Monuments

The Memorial-Museum, Trauma Architecture and the Sublime Authority of Affect

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the "End of History" and the Holocaust Sublime

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum : Trauma, Commerce and Patriotism at the new World Trade Center

Final Reflections.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Brighton, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Clewer, Nicola. Neoliberalism, postmodernity, and the contemporary memorial-building boom

ISBN:

9781786613004

178661300X

Publisher Number:

40031183702

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.