“The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television

Frame, Gregory

Abstract

This article argues for a more rigorous understanding of the use of memorials in American film and television as part of the ongoing negotiation and development of American memory, looking beyond the disaster genre and the Lincoln Memorial to other structures of historical import and their deployment in popular media.

Citation

Frame, G. (2017). “The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 45(4), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 8, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 25, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Popular Film and Television
• Print ISSN: 0195-6051
• Electronic ISSN: 1930-6458
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 190-201
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/19007925
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795