Terrorism in American memory : memorials, museums, and architecture in the post-9/11 era / Marita Sturken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturken, Marita, 1957- author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Social aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--United States--History--21st century.

Terrorism.

Collective memory--United States.

Collective memory.

Memorials--United States.

Memorials.

Museums--United States.

Museums.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'Terrorism in American Memory' argues that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and all that followed in its wake were the primary force shaping United States politics and culture in the post-9/11 era. Marita Sturken maintains that during the past two decades, when the country was subjected to terrorist attacks and promulgated ongoing wars of aggression, America has veered into increasingly polarized factions and been extraordinarily preoccupied with memorialization and the politics of memory.

Contents:

Introduction: The Politics of Memory in the Post-9/11 Era

Monuments and Voids: The Proliferation of 9/11 Memory

The Objects That Lived, the Voices That Remain: The 9/11 Museum

Global Architecture, Patriotic Skyscrapers, and a Cathedral Shopping Mall: The Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan

Visibility and Erasure: Memory and the "Global War on Terror"

The Memory of Racial Terror: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1170-X

OCLC:

1285170644