"The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded": Interpreting the United States' memorial landscape through film and television

Gregory Frame

doi:10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795

"The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded": Interpreting the United States' memorial landscape through film and television

Gregory Frame

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Abstract

This article argues for a more rigorous understanding of the use of memorials in American film and television as part of the ongoing negotiation and development of American memory, looking beyond the disaster genre and The Lincoln Memorial to other structures of historical import and their deployment in popular media.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	190-201
Journal	Journal of Popular Film and Television
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2017

Keywords

United States
Film
Television
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
FDR Memorial

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