ISBN:
9781137589149
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (128 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Culture Study and teaching
;
Cultural and Media Studies
;
United States Study and teaching
;
Cultural heritage
;
Civilization History
Abstract:
Exploring the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (King Memorial) in Washington, DC through a multi-faceted rhetorical analysis of the site's visual and textual components, Jefferson Walker reveals multiple critical, popular, privileged, and vernacular interpretations of the site and Dr. Martin Luther King's memory. Walker argues that the King Memorial and its related texts help to universalize and institutionalize King's ethos - creating a contentious rhetorical battleground where various people and organizations contest the "ownership" and use of King's memory. Walker uses these analyses to uncover how the site contributes to the public memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DOI:
10.1057/9781137589149
