The Unveiling of the National Icons
The Unveiling of the National Icons
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In The Unveiling of the National Icons, Albert Boime analyses the creation and reception of several American national monuments as a means of understanding the politics of memory and national icons. In engaging, 'behind the scenes' accounts of several highly visible symbols, such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore, among others, he demonstrates how these icons have been manipulated for patriotic purposes. Boime also shows how these monuments express individual and collective needs and how they are subject to contested readings, despite their origins in the creative imaginations of conservatives and privileged members of America. Examining these symbols as a group for the first time, this book is also the first serious investigation of visual artifacts that are too often taken for granted.
- Investigates familiar visual artifacts we take for granted
- First book which studies national monuments collectively rather than individually
Product details
November 1997Hardback
9780521570671
447 pages
235 × 159 × 35 mm
0.9kg
87 b/w illus.
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Patriotism and protest: reconstituting Old Glory
- 2. The engendering of moderate politics: the Statue of Liberty
- 3. Patriarchy fixed in stone: Gutzon Borglum's Mount Rushmore
- 4. The battle for hearts and minds: the Marine Corps Memorial
- 5. A house undivided cannot stand: the Lincoln Memorial
- Epilogue: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Appendices.
