In her book Memorial Mania, Erica Doss contrasts the statue mania of the past with today's memorial mania. On page 48 she writes, "Statue mania’s emphasis on great men, great moments, and great ideas demonstrated an allegedly collective commitment to a celebratory, monolithic, and mostly masculine national history. . . . Contemporary American commemoration [memorial mania] is increasingly disposed to individual memories and personal grievances,to representations of tragedy and trauma, and to the social and political agendas of a diffuse body of rights- bearing citizens." What does she mean? Explain in your own words. Give exampes of two statues that illustrate her point about statue mania and two memorials that illustrate her point about memorial mania.
In her book Memorial Mania, Erica Doss contrasts the statue mania of the past with today's memorial mania. On page 48 she writes, "Statue mania’s emphasis on great men, great moments, and great ideas demonstrated an allegedly collective commitment to a celebratory, monolithic, and mostly masculine national history. . . . Contemporary American commemoration [memorial mania] is increasingly disposed to individual memories and personal grievances,to representations of tragedy and trauma, and to the social and political agendas of a diffuse body of rights- bearing citizens." What does she mean? Explain in your own words. Give exampes of two statues that illustrate her point about statue mania and two memorials that illustrate her point about memorial mania.
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