Monuments and memory : history and representation in Lowell, Massachusetts / Martha Norkunas.

Main entry:

Norkunas, Martha K., author.

Title & Author:

Monuments and memory : history and representation in Lowell, Massachusetts / Martha Norkunas.

Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]
©2002

Description:

xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Introduction: Asking Questions -- I. Inside the Memory of Class and Ethnicity -- II. The Gender of Memory -- III. Relocating the Memory of the Dead -- IV. The Changing Relationship of Memory and Place -- Concluding Thoughts.

Summary:

"As cultural affairs director for the federally funded Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, [Martha Norkunas] worked with artists from around the country to interpret the city's past. Traveling throughout Lowell, she found that the city had more than 250 locally constructed monuments memorializing ethnic communities, local men and boys, and many other groups. Realizing the rich potential for exploring issues of memory and history through both the local monuments and the federally funded public art, she began this in-depth study, approaching it in a very personal way ... She looks for the interplay of the personal and public, singular and collective memory and history through Lowell's public spaces, always examining where her personal memory converges with the history of the city. A recurring theme is the notion of the insider versus the outsider--who has the authority to speak in public and construct history? Lowell has few monuments to women, and Norkunas explores the question of where female and male memory intersect in public spaces, if they do at all, and how women remember and are remembered. This unique combination of personal memoir and professional inquiry allows Norkunas to explore the dynamics of memory and history in an original and engaging way"-- Page 4 of cover.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1588340856 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781588340856 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1588340309 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781588340306 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Norkunas, Martha K. Family.
Norkunas, Martha K.
Monuments Massachusetts Lowell.
Public sculpture Massachusetts Lowell.
Women Massachusetts Lowell.
Sculpture publique Massachusetts Lowell.
Femmes Massachusetts Lowell.
Buildings
Families
Monuments
Public sculpture
Women
Lowell (Mass.) History.
Lowell (Mass.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Massachusetts Lowell

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228771
Call No.: NA9350.L68 N67 2002
Status: Available

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