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The Unveiling of the National Icons : A Plea for Patriotic Iconoclasm in a Nationalist Era (Cambridge Studies in American Visual Culture) |
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Who knew that the Statue of Liberty is actually "a conflation of Oedipal and nationalist feeling"? Or that Mount Rushmore is the product of the artist's (and possibly the nation's) childhood trauma? Albert Boime, author of The Unveiling of the National Icons, deconstructs five symbols of the nation (the American flag, the Vietnam War Veteran's Memorial, Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty and the Marine Corps Memorial) with an eye to uncovering the social, psychological, and political meaning beneath the surface. Though Boime's psychoanalysis can often seem just a little over the top, many of the points he makes about patriotism, national identity, and the interpretation and reinterpretation of symbols over time are right on the money. And even if you don't agree that the nation's symbols skirt dangerously close to fascism, Boime's provocative discussion of the place of icons in American social and political life is sure to make you think the next time you find yourself pledging allegiance to the flag or reading the names on the Vietnam memorial.
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