Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-241) and index.
Contents:
How we lived: summing up the twentieth century -- A working-class hero is something to be: the lasting story of September 11th -- A news of feeling as well as fact: public mourning for the dead celebrity -- The voices of the past speak to us, calling us by name: counter-memory and living history in magazines for African Americans -- The celebrated tribe: generational memory and the reinterpretation of youth -- Once upon a time in America: nostalgia magazines and reader recollections -- Snapshots in a family album: anniversary celebrations of a shared past -- Epilogue: the present and future of media memory.
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