Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Ersatz America
Author: Rebecca Mark
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813936276
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
From the popular legend of Pocahontas to the Civil War soap opera Gone with the Wind to countless sculpted heads of George Washington that adorn homes and museums, whole industries have emerged to feed America’s addiction to imaginary histories that cover up the often violent acts of building a homogeneous nation. In Ersatz America, Rebecca Mark shows how this four-hundred-year-old obsession with false history has wounded democracy by creating language that is severed from material reality. Without the mediating touchstones of body and nature, creative representations of our history have been allowed to spin into dangerous abstraction. Other scholars have addressed the artificial qualities of the collective American memory, but what distinguishes Ersatz America is that it does more than simply deconstruct--it provides a map for regeneration. Mark contends that throughout American history, citizen artists have responded to the deadly memorialization of the past with artistic expressions and visual artifacts that exist outside the realm of official language, creating a counter narrative. These examples of what she calls visceral graphism are embodied in and connected to the human experience of indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans, and silenced women, giving form to the unspeakable. We must learn, Mark suggests, to read the markings of these works against the iconic national myths. In doing so, we can shift from being mesmerized by the monumentalism of this national mirage to embracing the regeneration and recovery of our human history.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813936276
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
From the popular legend of Pocahontas to the Civil War soap opera Gone with the Wind to countless sculpted heads of George Washington that adorn homes and museums, whole industries have emerged to feed America’s addiction to imaginary histories that cover up the often violent acts of building a homogeneous nation. In Ersatz America, Rebecca Mark shows how this four-hundred-year-old obsession with false history has wounded democracy by creating language that is severed from material reality. Without the mediating touchstones of body and nature, creative representations of our history have been allowed to spin into dangerous abstraction. Other scholars have addressed the artificial qualities of the collective American memory, but what distinguishes Ersatz America is that it does more than simply deconstruct--it provides a map for regeneration. Mark contends that throughout American history, citizen artists have responded to the deadly memorialization of the past with artistic expressions and visual artifacts that exist outside the realm of official language, creating a counter narrative. These examples of what she calls visceral graphism are embodied in and connected to the human experience of indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans, and silenced women, giving form to the unspeakable. We must learn, Mark suggests, to read the markings of these works against the iconic national myths. In doing so, we can shift from being mesmerized by the monumentalism of this national mirage to embracing the regeneration and recovery of our human history.
Catalogue
Author: New York Free Circulating Library. Bond Street Branch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Systematic Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages
Author: National Library (India)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Catalogue of All Books in the Circulating and Reference Departments of the Public School Library, Columbus ...
Author: Columbus (Ohio). Public School Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
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