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Toppling things as memorial contestation spectacle and affect of monument removal edited by Tomas Macsotay, Nausikaä El-Mecky
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Thamyris/intersecting : place, sex and race volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memorials--Political aspects.
- Memorials.
- Monuments--Political aspects.
- Monuments.
- Black lives matter movement.
- Memorials--Political aspects--United States.
- Monuments--Political aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Spectacle and affect of monument removal
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden Boston Brill [2025]
- Summary:
- "Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, monuments became a focal point: protestors toppled or spray-painted them, even danced on them. These politically, visually, and emotionally potent events may have looked instantaneous, yet frequently sprang from years of activism, as well as protracted political and academic debate. Toppling Things challenges stereotypical notions monument topplings as riotous, spontaneous, or irrational. Bringing together the ideas and emotions, the uncertainty and convictions, of artists, activists, and academics, the volume rejects a neatly tied-up, distant narrative. As it sheds light on the global, personal, immediate, and historical processes around the fall of a monument, the volume engages directly with the complexity of toppling activism and monument removal as a form of lived experience"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Overhauling : an Anatomy of Memorial Contestations
- Facing : Making a Difference in Memorial Activism
- Waking : Imaginings of a Post-Monument
- Prolonged Engagements : Artistic Testimonies
- Notes:
- Collection of essays by Nikolas Orr and 21 others
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2025)
- Other Format:
- Print version Toppling things as memorial contestation
- ISBN:
- 900471264X
- 9789004712645
- OCLC:
- 1467704727
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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