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Cultural Movements and Collective Memory

Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth

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  1. Timothy Kubal
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Rediscovering

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 1-10

  3. Patriotic

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 11-30

  4. Religious

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 31-56

  5. Ethnic: American Indian

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 57-75

  6. Ethnic: Hispanic American

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 77-102

  7. Ethnic: Italian American

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 103-134

  8. Anticolonial

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 135-165

  9. Remembering and Forgetting

    • Timothy Kubal
    Pages 167-171

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 173-261
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About this book

This book uses political process theory to examine three cultural movements around Christopher Columbus. The author examines the religious, ethnic and anti-colonial movements most successful at rewriting national origin myth, demonstrating the political process model while telling the story of how a powerless public mobilized to rewrite its past.

Reviews

"This book presents an ideological interpretation of the role of 'powerless' individuals in shaping collective memory in the face of hegemonic institutions.Well footnoted, referenced, and supported by tables and figures." - B.Osborne, Choice

"Social movement and American history scholars will learn something from this book." - Randolph Hohle, D'Youville College

"systematic, thorough, well-researched, and well organized...both intruitging and instructive." - Jennifer A. Jordan, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

"Kubal's study provides an interesting and insightful exploration of how different types of groups relate to the national origin myth of Christopher Columbus...it presents a thought provoking account of what is really just a story; a tale of how American society has adjusted and adapted a narrative of what many still consider its originating event." - Timothy B. Gongaware, Sociological Spectrum

About the author

TIMOTHY KUBAL is Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University at Fresno, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultural Movements and Collective Memory

  • Book Subtitle: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth

  • Authors: Timothy Kubal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615762

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Timothy Kubal 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7577-5Published: 24 March 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53649-8Published: 24 March 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61576-2Published: 13 October 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, general

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