Spaces of Remembering and Forgetting: The Reverent Eye/I at the Plains Indian Museum An earlier version of this essay was presented at the 2002 convention of the Western States Communication Association

Autor:	Greg Dickinson, Brian L. Ott, Eric Aoki
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Forgetting Anthropology Communication media_common.quotation_subject Reverence Rhetorical modes Collective memory Visual arts Convention Politics Rhetoric National identity Sociology media_common
Zdroj:	Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 3:27-47
ISSN:	1479-4233 1479-1420
DOI:	10.1080/14791420500505619
Popis:	Museums, memorials, and other historic places are key sites in the construction of collective memory and national identity. The Plains Indian Museum in Cody, Wyoming is one such space of memory where the (pre)history of “America” and its native peoples is told. Based on the view of texts as experiential landscapes, it is argued that this museum works to absolve Anglo-visitors of the social guilt regarding Western conquest through a rhetoric of reverence. This rhetorical mode invites visitors to adopt a respectful, but distanced observational gaze. A concluding section assesses the social and political consequences of memorializing in this mode.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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