The Securitization of Memorial Space: Rhetoric and Public Memory

by Marouf A. Hasian Jr., Nicholas S. Paliewicz, Marouf Hasian Jr.

The Securitization of Memorial Space argues that the National September 11 Memorial and Memorial Museum is a securitized site of memory--what Foucault called a dispositif--that polices visitors and publics to remember trauma, darkness, and victimage in ways that perpetuate the "necessity" of the Global War on Terrorism.

Contributing to studies in public memory, rhetoric and argumentation, and critical security studies, Nicholas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496215559
• ISBN13: 9781496215550
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"