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Thompson, Erin L.

 
9780393867671: Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
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ISBN 10: 0393867676 ISBN 13: 9780393867671
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2022

Sinopsis

An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide which ones should stay up and which should come down? Erin L. Thompson, the country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political and social issues involved in such battles brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop the US Capitol and explores the surprising motivations behind such contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must be heard and whose pain must remain private?

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Acerca del autor

Erin L. Thompson is a professor of art crime at the City University of New York and the author of Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine. She lives in New York.

De la contraportada

The real stories behind some of America’s most famed statues:• Mount RushmoreFreedom• Stone Mountain• The first monument honoring historical women in New York City’s Central Park• The North Carolina State Confederate Monument• Christopher Columbus, toppled in Minnesota• The Confederate monument removed from Birmingham, Alabama• The controversial Freedmen’s Memorial in Washington, DC…and more.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
2022
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393867676
ISBN 13 
9780393867671
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
288
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9781324050490: Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

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ISBN 10:  1324050497 ISBN 13:  9781324050490
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