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The democratic arts of mourning : political theory and loss / edited by Alexander Keller Hirsch and David W. McIvor

Hirsch, Alexander Keller [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; McIvor, David W. [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2019] [©2019]

1 Online-Ressource (224 Seiten)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: The democratic arts of mourning (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-4985-6725-1

978-1-4985-6724-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-4985-6726-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Basisklassifikation: 89.53 (Politische Kultur)

*USA ; Öffentlichkeit ; Trauer ; Politik ; Demokratie ; Gedenken ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Trauerritual ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Collective memory-Political aspects-United States ; Memorialization-Political aspects-United States ; Bereavement-Political aspects-United States

This book reflects on the variety of ways in which mourning affects political and social life. Through the narrative of the contributors, the book demonstrates how mourning is intertwined with politics and how politics involves a struggle over which losses and whose lives can, or should, be mourned.

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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Groups Can Hardly Mourn -- 2 Must We Always Mourn? A War on Terror Veterans Memorial -- 3 Removing the Confederate Flag in South Carolina in the Wake of Charleston -- 4 Mourning Denied -- 5 Not in My Graveyard -- 6 Reparations, Refusals, and Grief -- 7 Burning Rage -- 8 The Funeral and the Riot -- 9 Music, Mourning, and Democratic Resilience -- 10 Speaking Silence -- 11 Rituals of Re-Entry -- Index -- About the Authors.