Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero
by
Marita Sturken
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In Tourists of History, the cultural critic Marita Sturken argues that over the past two decades, Americans have responded to national trauma through consumerism, kitsch sentiment, and tourist practices in ways that reveal a tenacious investment in the idea of America’s innocence. Sturken investigates...