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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Main Author: Weiner, Isaac A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2009]
In: Material religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 180-204
Further subjects:B Bells
B cultural memory
B Buddhism
B International Friendship Bell
B Sacred Space
B Ritual Objects
B Oak Ridge
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