Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade
- ISBN-10
- 0226571580
- ISBN-13
- 9780226571584
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Authors
- Robert S. Nelson, Margaret Olin
Description
Examining how monuments preserve memory, these essays demonstrate how phenomena as diverse as ancient drum towers in China and ritual whale killings in the Pacific Northwest serve to represent and negotiate time.
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