Public forgetting: the rhetoric and politics of beginning again

TitlePublic forgetting: the rhetoric and politics of beginning again
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsBradford, Vivian
PublisherPennsylvania State University Press
CityUniversity Park, Pa
ISBN Number9780271036656 (alk. paper)
Call NumberBF378.S65 V58 2010153.1/25
Abstract

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Notes

'Includes bibliographical references and index.'
'Bradford Vivian.'

Short TitlePublic forgetting