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Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to
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Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero Tapa dura - 2007

de Marita Sturken


Información de la editorial

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Descripción de contraportada

""Tourists of History" is a great read: well written, accessible on numerous levels, and driven by a persuasive argument that links tourism, consumerism, and Americans' understandings of themselves and their history."--Erika Doss, author of "Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities"

Detalles

  • Título Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero
  • Autor Marita Sturken
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición Illustrated.
  • Páginas 360
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Duke University Press
  • Fecha de publicación October 2007
  • Ilustrado
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780822341031 / 0822341034
  • Peso 1.4 libras (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensiones 9.27 x 6.46 x 1.05 pulgadas (23.55 x 16.41 x 2.67 cm)
  • Temas
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, Popular culture - United States
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2007018101
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.93

Reseñas en medios

Citas

  • Choice, 09/01/2008, Page 148
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2007, Page 73

Acerca del autor

Marita Sturken is a professor of culture and communication at New York University. She is the author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering and a coauthor of Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture.