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@article{ART001932921},
author={Bellomy,Donald C.},
title={Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America},
journal={Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences},
issn={1598-4230},
year={2014},
number={45},
pages={5-22},
doi={10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001}

TY - JOUR
AU - Bellomy,Donald C.
TI - Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America
JO - Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 45
PB - Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
SP - 5
EP - 22
SN - 1598-4230
AB - Public commemoration of unexpected death in America, while often focused on charismatic celebrities in the short term, typically finds permanent form only in the remembrance of the sudden mass deaths of average citizens. This paper examines the dynamics of public memorializing of large-scale death from its origins during the US Civil War to the present. The crucial turning point in public commemoration is located in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM), which touched off a “memorial mania” across the United States. The key innovations of the VVM were its origins within a specific group asserting its identity, and its implied emphasis on victimization through trauma, which made the Wall in Washington, DC America’s first true therapeutic memorial. The paper concludes with lessons from the American experience for other nations enduring similar traumas by examining the sources of modern memorializing – a contemplative attitude towards death rooted in the Romantic sensibility, victimization, and democratization. Together they can, if thoughtfully applied in the creation of commemorative memorials, foster individual and even national catharsis when people are confronted with a major tragedy.
KW - memorials;attitudes toward death;democratization;victimization;mass trauma;catharsis
DO - 10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001
ER -

Bellomy,Donald C.. (2014). Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 45, 5-22.

Bellomy,Donald C.. 2014, "Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America", Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, no.45, pp.5-22. Available from: doi:10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C. "Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America" Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences 45 pp.5-22 (2014) : 5.

Bellomy,Donald C.. Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America. 2014; 45 : 5-22. Available from: doi:10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C.. "Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America" Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences no.45(2014) : 5-22.doi: 10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C.. Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 45, 5-22. doi: 10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C.. Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014; 45 5-22. doi: 10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C.. Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America. 2014; 45 : 5-22. Available from: doi:10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001

Bellomy,Donald C.. "Personal Death and Public Grief: Reflectionson Trauma, Consolation, and Communal Commemoration in America" Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences no.45(2014) : 5-22.doi: 10.17939/hushss.2014..45.001