Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Biography

This book analyzes the social construction of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's memory in the arts, literature, and in the many monuments erected in his honor.

List of contents

1. The afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: an introduction; 2. All the world's a stage: constructing Kennedy; 3. From history to memory: assassination and the making of a sacred symbol; 4. Ritual and remembrance: cultural trauma, collective memory, and the funeral of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; 5. In death there is life: monuments of paper and pen; 6. In death there is life: monuments of glass, steel, and stone; 7. The memory wars: contesting Kennedy; 8. Gone but not forgotten: history, memory, nostalgia.

About the author

Michael J. Hogan is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Springfield, and Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University. Past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Hogan served for fifteen years as editor of Diplomatic History, the journal of record for scholars of American foreign relations and national security studies. He is the author or editor of ten books, notably his prize-winning history The Marshall Plan (Cambridge, 1987) and A Cross of Iron (Cambridge, 1998), his book on the origins of the national security state, and he has written numerous essays and articles in leading professional journals, including The American Historical Review and The Journal of American History.

Summary

Written in easily accessible prose, this book captures how we have come to remember one of the most popular presidents in modern American history. It is directed toward a general audience of educated readers, and toward graduate and undergraduate students in disciplines ranging from history and sociology to political science and cultural studies.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J Hogan, Michael J. Hogan, Hogan Michael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107186996
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18699-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Biography: historical, political & military, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, Memorials, monuments, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings