Sammelwerksbeitrag(gedruckt)2001

The Presence of the Past in Public Discourse

Abstract

The extent to which collective memories of historical events are negotiated in public discourse is studied; specific attention is dedicated to the mediation of collective memories regarding the 1965 Watts riots & the 1968 Democratic National Convention. An overview of the notion of collective memory is presented, emphasizing the relationship between narrative & history & contemporary research that has attempted to determine how historical memories become collective. The aforementioned historical events are subsequently analyzed to ascertain the following: (1) how narratives about historical occurrences are created; (2) how history is used to make meaning of present events; & (3) why certain historical events are remembered & others are forgotten. Concerning the recollection of particular historical events, it is demonstrated that governing elites' efforts to apply historical events to present contexts & the phenomena of recovered memory significantly affect collective memories of historical occurrences. Multiple recommendations for future research are suggested, eg, identifying the boundaries of historical events & performing comparative studies to determine whether the collective memories of prominent historical events contain common characteristics. J. W. Parker

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