The purpose of this public memory study is to gain insight into how previously excluded cultural circles have mediated their memories into the larger public sphere through popular media channels (Houdek, 2017). This thesis focuses on the life, death, and legacy of Black Panther …
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While the study of war rhetoric has traditionally concentrated on items such as speeches, memorial sites, propaganda artifacts, books, and films, this dissertation enlarges that discussion to demonstrate that the words of American troops are being used to resurrect the idea that…
The Civil Rights Era of the 1960s has helped America transcend and grow above its racist past, at least that is what we have been led to believe. However, the past decade has made it all too clear that there is still a deep racial divide within America. Tragic events such as Tra…
Public memory on Block Island largely ignores Black and Indigenous labor, life, and legacy. Reclaiming the past and present narratives of Black and Indigenous peoples on Block Island challenges historical erasure; their experiences can then become a meaningful part of the collec…
This dissertation examines the “remembering-forgetting dialectic,” or a common assumption that remembering and forgetting are antithetical acts with opposing values in a public (Blair et al 18). More specifically, it examines this dialectic within the context of settler colonial…
The focus of this thesis is to understand the ways public figures discuss 9/11, religious, or racial controversy to sustain or modify national identity and the legacy it holds in American society. By examining artifacts from three well-known political figures, 43rd President Geo…