Reinventing World War II : popular memory in the rise of the ethnonationalist state / Barbara A. Biesecker.
| Author/creator | Biesecker, Barbara A. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024] |
| Description | xii, 164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Reinventing World War Two |
| Series | The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric. ^A1368648 |
| Contents | The Enola Gay controversy : the politics of experience and truth telling at the turn of the twenty-first century -- Popular memory and civic belonging at the end of the American century -- Remembering the "good war"/refiguring democracy : ethico-political resubjectivation at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- The culture and history of wars of the twenty-first century, or, can you be white and look at this?. |
| Abstract | "Explores how World War II was retooled in popular culture starting in the mid-1980s to redress a crisis in American identity and restore social equilibrium"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2024024552 |
| ISBN | 9780271097824 |
| ISBN | 0271097825 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |