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The afterlife of John F. Kennedy : a biography / Michael J. Hogan, University of Illinois, Springfield, The Ohio State University, Emeritus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hogan, Michael J., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Public opinion.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Influence.
- Presidents--United States--Biography--History and criticism.
- Presidents.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963--Historiography.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- In his new book, Michael J. Hogan, a leading historian of the American presidency, offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife in American memory. The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy considers how Kennedy constructed a popular image of himself, in effect, a brand, as he played the part of president on the White House stage. The cultural trauma brought on by his assassination further burnished that image and began the process of transporting Kennedy from history to memory. Hogan shows how Jacqueline Kennedy, as the chief guardian of her husband's memory, devoted herself to embedding the image of the slain president in the collective memory of the nation, evident in the many physical and literary monuments dedicated to his memory. Regardless of critics, most Americans continue to see Kennedy as his wife wanted him remembered: the charming war hero, the loving husband and father, and the peacemaker and progressive leader who inspired confidence and hope in the American people.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Apr 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-94705-X
- 1-316-95239-8
- 1-316-95328-9
- 1-316-95417-X
- 1-316-95773-X
- 1-316-95506-0
- 1-316-95684-9
- 1-316-91194-2
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