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This book rhetorically and historically examines the contextual and experiential dimensions of a wide range of public places—from memorials to stadiums—that are rife with political implications. Fourteen public places ranging from the national to local, from 9/11 memorials to a baseball park are analyzed. The authors investigate the histories of these public spaces, examine their designs, and discuss their political implications in order to outline their role within the public sphere. This book begins with a loose theoretical framework for understanding public places as rhetorically drawn from extant scholarship, and concludes with a systematic means of exploring the allocation of power by public places. Recommended for scholars of communication studies, rhetoric, political science, and architecture.
Carl T. Hyden is associate dean of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University.Theodore F. Sheckels is professor of English and communication studies and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Randolph-Macon College.
Chapter 1. The National 9/11 Memorials: Whom Do We Remember and How Do We Remember Them?Chapter 2. Local 9/11 Memorials: Remembering the Events of 9/11 Away from Ground ZeroChapter 3. Johnstown, Pennsylvania: Remembering Slowly and DifferentlyChapter 4. Point Lookout, Maryland: Remembering the Fort Lincoln Dead, Eventually and VariouslyChapter 5. Lincoln and Son Come to Richmond: Remembering the 16th President in the Heart of the ConfederacyChapter 6. Slavery, Thurgood Marshall, Roger B. Taney: Maryland’s Conflicted RelationshipsChapter 7. Cambridge, Maryland: Redoing the City’s HistoryChapter 8. American Cities: Trying to ForgetChapter 9. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania: Remembering in the Wrong PlaceChapter 10. Chicago’s Park System: Make No Little PlansChapter 11. The High Line: Creating Networks of Accidental Activists, Residents, Philanthropists, Business People and Politicians to Create an Unlikely Urban ParkChapter 12. U Street NW and H Street NE in Washington, DC: Contested CorridorsChapter 13. The Westminster Arcade: Politics and Renaissance in ProvidenceChapter 14. PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Remembering and Celebrating at the Old BallgameConclusion: Reading Politically
Each case in Public Places is meticulously described, includes history, and prompts certain kinds of reflection, which make the book idea for instructional purposes. . . Public Places is a worthwhile stop, whether you visit for casual interest, scholarly endeavor, or pedagogical purpose.