This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke, commemorate, and honor the past. The recent destruction of
Though we live in a time when memory seems to be losing its hold on communities, memory remains central to personal, communal, and national identities. And alth
In Berlin, decrepit structures do not always denote urban blight. Decayed buildings are incorporated into everyday life as residences, exhibition spaces, shops,
This volume presents studies of military commemorative practices in Western culture, from 5th-century BC Greece, through two World Wars, to the Vietnam Veterans
"Proceedings of the symposium "The Civil War in Art and Memory," organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, and spo