AMST 384 1st EditionLecture 4Outline of Last Lecture I. Official and Vernacular MemoryII. HolidaysOutline of Current Lecture II. Public Memory III. Collective MemoryIV.Notions of Memorya.Residual b.emergentV.Counter memory of LibertyVI.Succession of DatesCurrent LecturePublic Memory- dominant powers write the stories and make certain things prominent- Elite manipulation- Symbolic interaction- Contested discourseCollective Memory- representation of past by historical evidence and commemorative symbolism Notions of Memory- Residual o By residual is meant those beliefs, practices are denied from an earlier stage of that societyo May reflect a very different social formation than the present Ex: grandparents call CDs albums because that is what they did in the pastbut now is obsolete- Emergent o Opposite of residualo Practices that are being developed, usually unconsciously, out of a new set of social interaction as societies changeo Often very different from and challenge by dominantThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o ProcessualNegro History Week > Black History MonthWeek= started in 1926 by Carter WoodsonMonth= officially observed in Feb 1976Counter memory of Liberty- African American way of celebrating liberty- 3 goals of emancipation celebrations:o to celebrateo to educateo to agitate- Subjunctive mood-the ought and shouldo invent a memory of the futureo alternative founding fathers with separate calendaro oral performance- invent a memory of the future- emergent site- black people celebrated freedom they weren’t given on July 4th- Once emergent, now residual memories of July 4th.o What is 4th of July to Black Slaves? A day of white violence Mocking Fredrick Douglass said “deal with the past only so we can make it useful to present and the future.”- Usable pastSuccession of Dates- Jan 1, 1808- slave trade officially ended- July 5th- African Am celebration holiday- Aug 1, 1834- West Indian Emancipation Day, gave blacks their freedom during revolutionary war- Jan 1, 1863- Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate areas. However, word spread through south at different rates so was Unpredictable- Feb 1, 1948- Harry Truman declares National Freedom Day in honor of Lincoln’s signing of 13thAmm.- Juneteenth- Jun 19, 1865- Day when Texan blacks first heard they were freed, Emergent African Americans counter-independence Day, 1st holiday in Texas, now a holiday in 39 stateso Particular (specific place in TX)State Holidays:- April 16th- honors abolition of slavery in DC- Aug 8th- when Pres Jackson freed his slaves in TN - April 19th- Patriots’ Day in MA- Kwanzaa became an Emergent Traditiono An African American Christmas Memory of people and their connection to their home in
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