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Memorials Matter: Emotion, Environment, and Public Memory at American Historical Sites
Contributor(s): Ladino, Jennifer K. (Author)

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ISBN: 1943859965     ISBN-13: 9781943859962
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 909
LCCN: 2018039125
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.05 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
- Holiday - Memorial Day
- Holiday - Earth Day
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From the sculptured peaks of Mount Rushmore to the Coloradan prairie lands at Sand Creek to the idyllic islands of the Pacific, the West's signature environments add a new dimension to the study of memorials. In such diverse and often dramatic landscapes, how do the natural and built environments shape our emotions?

In Memorials Matter, author Jennifer Ladino investigates the natural and physical environments of seven diverse National Park Service (NPS) sites in the American West and how they influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. Chapters center around the region's diverse inhabitants (Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, African, and Native Americans) and the variously traumatic histories these groups endured--histories of oppression, exploitation, incarceration, slavery, and genocide. Drawing on material ecocritical theory, Ladino emphasizes the ideological and political importance of memorials and how they evoke visceral responses that are not always explicitly "storied," but nevertheless matter in powerful ways.

In this unique blend of narrative scholarship and critical theory, Ladino demonstrates how these memorial sites and their surrounding landscapes, combined with written texts, generate emotion and shape our collective memory of traumatic events. She urges us to consider our everyday environments and to become attuned to features and feelings we might have otherwise overlooked.

 
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