Commonplace witnessing : rhetorical invention, historical remembrance, and public culture /

'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, inc...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Vivian, Bradford
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, including survivor testimony, popular memoirs, political speech, civic memorials, and public rituals of forgiveness.
Umfang:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-067836-4
0-19-067837-2
0-19-061109-X
Schlagworte:
Memory > Social aspects > United States > History.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American > History and criticism.
Collective memory > United States > History.
Rhetoric.
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