CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1
INTRODUCTION
2
PUBLIC CULTURE, ICONS, AND ICONOCLASTS
3
THE BORDERS OF THE GENRE
Migrant Mother and the Times Square Kiss
4
PERFORMING CIVIC IDENTITY
Flag Raisings at Iwo Jima and Ground Zero
5
DISSENT AND EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT
Kent State
6
TRAUMA AND PUBLIC MEMORY
Accidental Napalm
7
LIBERAL REPRESENTATION AND GLOBAL ORDER
Tiananmen Square
8
RITUALIZING MODERNITY’S GAMBLE
The Hindenburg and Challenger Explosions
9
CONCLUSION
Visual Democracy
NOTES
INDEX