Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

by Patricia Leavy

Book Overview

Iconic Events: Media, Power, and Politics in Retelling History examines the processes of collective memory surrounding traumatic events that have been deemed iconic in American culture. Leavy investigates the social and market forces that have shaped the meanings around and enduring significance of events that have captured the public's imagination, including Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Columbine, and September 11th. Iconic Events focuses on three interpretive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739115197
• ISBN13: 9780739115190
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"