| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 317 pages) |
| Contents |
Flight 93 and 9/11: American Mythology in the Making -- Death, Horror, and Culture: Making Sense of the Senseless in Memorials -- The Sacralization of Shanksville: The Emergence of the Temporary Memorial Site -- Flag Bodies: Commemoration in the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel -- The Permanent Memorial: Symbolic Work and Conflict in the "Bowl of Embrace" -- The Cultural Narratives of the Books on Flight 93 -- The Cultural Narratives of the Films on Flight 93 -- Myth in Practice: Visitors at the Temporary Memorial Site -- What Flight 93 Tells Us about America |
| Summary |
""A profound and thought-provoking study, Angel Patriots unveils how, in the wake of 9/11, America mourned much more than the loss of life.""--Daily American<i/> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Airlines Flight 93 Hijacking Incident, 2001.
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Terrorism -- Social aspects -- United States
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Memorialization -- United States
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Myth -- Social aspects
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Memorialization
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Terrorism -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781479809400 |
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1479809403 |
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