Remembering World War I in America

An exploration of the American public’s collective memory and common perception of World War I, analyzed from the perspective of the production of cultural artifacts related to the war.

List of contents

List of Illustrations    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction    
1. State War Histories: An Atom of Interest in an Ocean of Apathy    
2. War Memoirs: They Pour from Presses Daily    
3. War Stories: Fiction Cannot Ignore the Greatest Adventure in a Man’s Life    
4. War Films: Shootin’ and Kissin’    
Conclusion    
Appendix 1: Selected Bibliography of World War I Personal Narratives    
Appendix 2: Selected Bibliography of World War I Novels    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index    

About the author

Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi is an adjunct instructor of history at Siena College in New York.

Summary

Explores the American public's collective memory and common perception of World War I by analysing the extent to which it was expressed through the production of cultural artifacts related to the war. Through the analysis of four vectors of memoryLamay Licursi shows that no consistent image or message about the war ever arose that resonated with a significant segment of the American population.

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly J Lamay Licursi, Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi, Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780803290853
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9085-3
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Studies in War, Society, and t; Studies in War, Society, and the Military; Studies in War, Society, and the Military; Studies in War, Society, and t
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous