Sinners, Lovers, and Heroes
(November 1997)
An Essay on Memorializing in Three American Cultures Richard Morris - Author
This intriguing investigation of an historically embedded cultural struggle over the possession of America's "collective memory" has significant implications for how we interpret cultural conflict in past, present, and future America.
This book advances the thesis that memorials are fundamentally rhetorical and cultural forms of expression, that a careful examination of American memorializing discloses the contours of at...(Read More)