Nicola Clewer

Neoliberalism, Postmodernity, and the Contemporary Memorial-Building Boom

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Produktbeschreibung

Clewer explores the various ways the sublime is manifest in contemporary memorial architecture as well as its philosophical and political implications. She shows how the national monument is being transformed at a time when the nation-state and national identity are under extreme scrutiny.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9781786612991
• ISBN-10: 1786612992
• Artikelnr.: 59998992

Autorenporträt

Nicola Clewer gained an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2006. In 2016 she completed her PhD at the University of Brighton, where she teaches on the following degree programmes: BA Humanities; BA History of Art and Design; MA Cultural and Critical Theory; MA Cultural History, Memory and Identity. She co-edited Certoma, Clewer and Elsey (eds.) The Politics of Space and Place (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Postmodern-Neoliberal Conjuncture
2: Memorialising in Postmodernity: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
3: The Holocaust Representation Debate: From the "After-Auschwitz Aporia"
to New Forms of "Knowing"
4: Memorialising in Postmodernity: The Holocaust - from "Counter Monuments"
to "Trauma Architecture"
5: The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the "End of History" and
the "Holocaust Sublime"
6: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Trauma, Commerce and
Patriotism at the new World Trade Center
Conclusion: The Authority of the Sublime and the Future of the Monument
Bibliography
Endnotes