Description

Book Synopsis
From the commemoration of September 11 to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recent decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of new public memorials built in both Europe and the United States. This volume considers the contemporary explosion of public commemoration in terms of changed cultural and social practices of mourning, memory, and public feeling. Positing memorials as the physical and visual embodiment of our affective responses to loss, Erika Doss focuses especially on the memorial ephemera of flowers, candles, balloons, and cards placed at sites of tragic death in order to better comprehend how grief is mediated in contemporary commemorative cultures.

The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials

    Product form

    £35.10

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £36.95 – you save £1.85 (5%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Sat 4 Jul 2026.

    A Paperback by Erika Doss

    15 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials by Erika Doss

      Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
      Publication Date: 18/03/2008
      ISBN13: 9789089640185, 978-9089640185
      ISBN10: 9089640185
      Also in:
      Anthropology Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the commemoration of September 11 to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, recent decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of new public memorials built in both Europe and the United States. This volume considers the contemporary explosion of public commemoration in terms of changed cultural and social practices of mourning, memory, and public feeling. Positing memorials as the physical and visual embodiment of our affective responses to loss, Erika Doss focuses especially on the memorial ephemera of flowers, candles, balloons, and cards placed at sites of tragic death in order to better comprehend how grief is mediated in contemporary commemorative cultures.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account