Rhetoric, public memory, and campus history / edited by Rhondda Robinson Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Rhondda Robinson, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Rhetorics of conflict

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States--History.

Universities and colleges.

College campuses--United States--History.

College campuses.

Collective memory--United States.

Collective memory.

Memorialization--United States.

Memorialization.

Racism in higher education--United States--History.

Racism in higher education.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clemson, SC : Clemson University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This essay collection explores the inextricable link between rhetoric, public memory, and campus history projects. Contributors examine the rhetorical nature of a range of initiatives, including the creation of land acknowledgement statements, the development of campus history courses, the installation or removal of monuments and memorials, and the renaming of campus buildings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "Always Cherokee Land": Campus History and Indigenous Placemaking in Western North Carolina / Andrew Denson

2. Acknowledging the Legacies of Enslavement in British Universities: Slavery, Abolition, and the University of Glasgow / Stephen Mullen

3. Acknowledging Slavery's Ties to Minnesota's Public Universities through Historical Markers / Christopher P. Lehman

4. Beyond Kittys Cottage: The Double-Containment of Catherine "Miss Kitty" Boyd and Black Commemoration Practices in Oxford, Georgia / Monet Lewis-Timmons

5. Reckoning with "Silent Sam": The Confederate Monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Cecelia Moore

6. White Memory and White Violence at Elon University / Charles F. Irons

7. "We Must Stand United": Re-telling a Radical History of Bronx Community College at the City University of New York / Prithi Kanakamedala

8. Looking Racism in the Face at Clemson University / Charissa Fryberger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Rhetoric, public memory, and campus history

ISBN:

9781638040200

1638040206

OCLC:

1286958323

Publisher Number:

99991251326