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Commonplace witnessing : rhetorical invention, historical remembrance, and public culture / Bradford Vivian.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190678371 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History | Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism | Collective memory -- United States -- History | Rhetoric
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190611088DDC classification: 302.1 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, including survivor testimony, popular memoirs, political speech, civic memorials, and public rituals of forgiveness.
| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, including survivor testimony, popular memoirs, political speech, civic memorials, and public rituals of forgiveness.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 9, 2017).