{"product_id":"terrorism-in-american-memory-9781479811670","title":"Terrorism in American Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe role of cultural memory in American identityTerrorism in American Memory argues that the terrorist attacks of 9\/11 and all that followed in its wake were the primary force shaping United States politics and culture in the post-9\/11 era. Marita Sturken maintains that during the past two decades, when the country was subjected to terrorist attacks and promulgated ongoing wars of aggression, we have veered into increasingly polarized factions and been extraordinarily preoccupied with memorialization and the politics of memory. The post-9\/11 era began with a hunger for memorialization and it ended with massive protests over police brutality that demanded the destruction of historical monuments honoring racist historical figures. Sturken argues that memory is both the battleground and the site for negotiations of national identity because it is a field through which the past is experienced in the present. The paradox of these last two decades is that it gave rise to an era of intensely \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Revealing debates about how to memorialize the last two decades of enormous social disruption ... from 9\/11 to Black Lives Matter ... [This book is] a relevant discussion of what sacredness of space means in terms of education, culture, and economics.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eMarita Sturken’s compelling new book charts a significant shift in how many Americans today\u003cbr\u003e understand national identity and purpose. Terror remains an active component, but activist\u003cbr\u003e memory projects focused on racial terrorism suggest heightened interests in reckoning with\u003cbr\u003e national histories of inequity and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e \" * Erika Doss, author of \u003ci\u003eMemorial Mania: Public Feeling in America\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eThere is no scholar better suited to undertake an analysis of the modes of memorialization in the\u003cbr\u003e post-9\/11 era and their relationship to US national identity. In her deft analysis, Sturken\u003cbr\u003e painstakingly articulates the state of memory politics in the contemporary US. This is a must\u003cbr\u003e read for anyone interested in memorial forms and the cultural work they perform.\u003c\/p\u003e \" * Alison Landsberg, author of \u003ci\u003eEngaging the Past: Mass Culture and the Production of Historical Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Sturken presents an intriguing and impassioned argument that helps to document through words and images the recent decades of the ‘memory boom'\" -- J. K. Dabbs, University of Minnesota--Morris * CHOICE *","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409053720919,"sku":"9781479811670","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479811670.jpg?v=1730505263","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terrorism-in-american-memory-9781479811670","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}