ISBN:
9781138955967
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 194 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Interventions
DDC:
909
Keywords:
Collective memory Case studies Political aspects
;
Architecture and society Case studies
;
Collective memory
;
Collective memory
;
Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Buildings, structures, etc
;
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc
;
Stari Most
;
World Trade Center
;
World Trade Center Memorial
;
Rekonstruktion
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface : monumental affect -- Affecting presence : memory, agency and the power of monumental things -- Urbicide and the destruction of "bridge-ness" in Mostar -- Afterlife : anchoring affect/reconstructing "bridge-ness" in Mostar -- Skyscraper dreaming : monumentality, modernity and the destruction the Twin Towers -- Filling the void : embodying the uncanny space of Ground Zero -- Faith in steel : authenticity, steel beams and the fragmented afterlife of the Twin Towers -- Conclusion : affecting afterlives
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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