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Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies

Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sanford LevinsonSeries:Public Planet BooksPublish date:2018-10-26Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478002802ISBN-10:1478002808UPC:9781478002802Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, United StatesBook Topic:Physical, Cultural & SocialSize:8.00 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCRXVXVVX2
Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword

From the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans in the spring of 2017 to the violent aftermath of the white nationalist march on the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville later that summer, debates and conflicts over the memorialization of Confederate "heroes" have stormed to the forefront of popular American political and cultural discourse. In Written in Stone Sanford Levinson considers the tangled responses to controversial monuments and commemorations while examining how those with political power configure public spaces in ways that shape public memory and politics. Paying particular attention to the American South, though drawing examples as well from elsewhere in the United States and throughout the world, Levinson shows how the social and legal arguments regarding the display, construction, modification, and destruction of public monuments mark the seemingly endless confrontation over the symbolism attached to public space.

This twentieth anniversary edition of Written in Stone includes a new preface and an extensive afterword that takes account of recent events in cities, schools and universities, and public spaces throughout the United States and elsewhere. Twenty years on, Levinson's work is more timely and relevant than ever.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478002802ISBN-10:1478002808UPC:9781478002802Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, United StatesBook Topic:Physical, Cultural & SocialSize:8.00 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCRXVXVVX2
Sanford Levinson is Professor of Law at the University of Texas Law School and the author and editor of numerous books, most recently Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today (with Cynthia Levinson).
Publisher: Duke University Press

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