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Remembering World War II: The rhetoric and politics of national commemoration at the turn of the 21st century |
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| Authors: | Barbara A Biesecker |
| Institution: | Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department , University of Iowa |
| Abstract: | This essay critically examines the reemergence of World War II in public culture. By analyzing four popular memory texts (the World, War II Memorial, Saving Private Ryan, The Greatest Generation, and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial) as well as the discourse circulating about them, it argues that these reconstructions of the past function rhetorically as civics lessons for a generation beset by fractious disagreements about the viability of U.S. culture and identity. |
| Keywords: | collective memory nation‐building citizenship multiculturalism material culture visual rhetoric visibility politics World War II Saving Private Ryan The Greatest Generation Women in Military Service for America Memorial |