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Iconic Events
Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History
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2007
Summary
Iconic Events: Media, Power, and Politics in Retelling History examines the processes of collective memory surrounding traumatic events that have been deemed iconic in American culture. Leavy investigates the social and market forces that have shaped the meanings around and enduring significance of events that have captured the public's imagination, including Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Columbine, and September 11th. Iconic Events focuses on three interpretive phases that serve to mold public perception of these events: journalistic representations, political appropriations, and popular adaptations. With a vital, engaging approach, Leavy explores the processes by which traumatic events are made mythic in the public eye. Iconic Events is essential for collective memory scholars and undergraduate courses in communications, American studies, history, and sociology, as well as the general reader.
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Edition
1/2007
Copyright Year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1520-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5612-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
207
Product Type
Monograph
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1 Iconic Events: Public Imagination and Social Memory No access Pages 1 - 32
2 Historical Sketches of the Events No access Pages 33 - 62
3 The Represented Event: Journalism's Initial Spin No access Pages 63 - 106
4 The Representational Event: Political Appropriations No access Pages 107 - 148
5 Iconic Events in Popular Culture No access Pages 149 - 186
6 The Significance of Iconic Events No access Pages 187 - 200
