Public Memorials in American Life

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

What does America’s passion for public memorials tell us about the nation and its people, and what meaning and purpose do memorials have in American life? These and other questions have no simple answer, as there has been insufficient scholarly research into the nature and significance of public memorials. To help answer these questions, this study attempts to identify important physical, political, social, and cultural elements that appear to be common to memorials and to develop a conceptual model of the purpose and meaning of public memorials.

Publication

American Studies Today

Volume

17

Pages

16-25

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

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