Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict: Explorations of Memory, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

Walker, Jefferson

Exploring the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (King Memorial) in Washington, DC through a multi-faceted rhetorical analysis of the site's visual and textual components, Jefferson Walker reveals multiple critical, popular, privileged, and vernacular interpretations of the site and Dr. Martin Luther King's memory. Walker argues that the King Memorial and its related texts help to universalize and institutionalize King's ethos - creating a contentious rhetorical battleground where various people and organizations contest the "ownership" and use of King's memory. Walker uses these analyses to uncover how the site contributes to the public memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-12-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137590336

DOI: 10.1057/9781137589149

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 95