9/11
The Culture of Commemoration
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a general sense that the world was different--that nothing would ever be the same--settled upon a grieving nation; the events of that day were received as cataclysmic disruptions of an ordered world. Refuting this claim, David Simpson examines the complex and paradoxical character of American public discourse since that September morning, considering the ways the event has been aestheticized, exploited, and appropriated, while Ground Zero remains the contested site of an effort at adequate commemoration. In 9/11, Simpson argues that elements of the conventional culture of mourning and remembr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-226-75939-5
- EAN: 9780226759395
- Produktnummer: 2232686
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B13.8 cm x D1.3 cm 260 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 260
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
David Simpson is professor of English at the University of California, Davis. Among his many publications are Romanticism, Nationalism, and the Revolt against Theory and The Academic Postmodern and the Rule of Literature: A Report on Half-Knowledge, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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