Blunt Instruments
Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States nd how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: White lies matter -- Section I: Memorials. Monumental basics -- The lost cause won -- 1776-1890: Fits and starts -- 1890-1920: The first memorial boom -- The lost cause keeps winning -- 1920-1980: Living memorials and dying cities -- 1980-2010: The second memorial boom in three acts -- 2010-present: Tumbling down and rising up -- Section II: Museums. Museum basics -- White temples emerged -- Pre-1870: Cabinets of curiosities and the first American museums -- 1870-1940: The first golden age of American museums -- White temples reshaped? -- 1965-2020: King Tut and Emmett Till -- the old school blockbuster and the new permanence of "Negro buildings" -- The summer of 2020 -- Section III: Patriotic practices. Patriotic practices basics -- Allegiance got pledged -- 1776-1865: A fraught beginning -- 1866-1916: Patriotism from the ground up -- Allegiance got paid for -- 1917-1976: Federally mandated patriotism -- 2001-2021: Paid patriotism and outrageous refusal -- Conclusion: Remaking a made thing.
Subjects:
Memorials -- Social aspects -- United States.
Monuments -- Social aspects -- United States.
Historic sites -- Social aspects -- United States.
Cultural property -- United States.
Museums and minorities -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Patriotism -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Memorials -- Social aspects -- United States.
Monuments -- Social aspects -- United States.
Historic sites -- Social aspects -- United States.
Cultural property -- United States.
Museums and minorities -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Patriotism -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
ISBN:
9780807006719
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Race Has | North Main | Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Race Has | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.