Communication and Culture | Rhetoric and Public Memory C334 |
0150 | Cindy Smith  This course explores the contested nature of
public memory in the United States. It explores the nature of
public memory, how it is perpetuated in societies, how it is
configured to privilege some historical interpretations over
others, and how it can be modified over time. Museums, historic
sites, and public commemorative art will be the primary subjects
of our analysis, but the course will also examine the role of
speeches and popular films in cultivating and maintaining public
memory.