Displacement and re-placement: the international friendship bell as a translocative technology of memory
The International Friendship Bell is a traditional Japanese bonsho bell that was installed in Oak Ridge, TN, in 1996 to mark the city's fiftieth anniversary. I interpret the bell as a highly ambivalent site of cultural memory, drawing on memory studies theory to analyze its multiple meanings. I...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2009]
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Material religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 180-204 |
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Bells
B cultural memory B Buddhism B International Friendship Bell B Sacred Space B Ritual Objects B Oak Ridge |
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