Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again

By Bradford Vivian

Book Overview

Reconsiders the negative status attributed to forgetting in both academic and popular discussions of public memory. Demonstrates how a community may adopt idioms of forgetting in order to create new and beneficial standards of public judgment concerning the lessons and responsibilities of its shared past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271036664
• ISBN13: 9780271036663
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"