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AMST 384 1st Edition Final Exam Study Guide2nd Half of the Year:1. JapanJapanese Expansion- japan very small so cant be a power, didn’t have resources to expand Pearl Harbor- 9 min attack by Japan on Hawaii - 5 ships sunk, Arizona is the main memory of the attack because main ship hit- only 8 survivors- FDR “a day that will live in infamy”African American memory- Armed forces segregated - Dorie Miller, Navy attendant that helped his wounded captain to safety Propaganda of Pearl Harbor- Becomes rallying point for war against Japan, now US angry - Ex: Uncle Sam as a cartoon in the harborSites of Memory- US Land Hopping campaigno Iconic image of Americans putting up flag, now on the stamp - Little Boy and Enola Gayo US attack on Japanese cities after Pearl Harboro Dropped bomb to end war, Hiroshima o Controversial 2. Women in the PastClara Bow “It Girl in 1920s”- Personified the roaring twenties- Sex symbol- She appeared in silent film and was the first time women got popular because of their imagesBetty Boop- 1930s cartoon “it” girl - sex appeal, innocence and beauty - childish but sophisticated teenage figureMae West- 1932- “Come and see me anytime”- “I’m in the mood for love”- Lifevests that inflated were called Mae West bc rhymed with breast- During depression, she was used as an easy escape into sexual fantasy Ava Gardner- NC’s Film Star- Sex symbol - Ava Gardner museum that is used as a site of memory of her o Residence of NC town that became national celebrity, keeping her rootsRosie the Riveter- 1940s- animated women, now progressed to wearing pants and working- Famous “Rosie”o Wearing overalls and holding a guno Strong body o Modeled after Michaelangelo’s painting of a man- First time different image of a woman is seen o Governement’s need to make industrial labor for women acceptable o Campaign used to attract women to the workplace during WWII- Normalizedo Today, less strong image of women then Rosie but still fito “We can do it” Rosie Campaign  holding her muscle but less extreme now o **Example of retrospective nominalization because campaign didn’t come associated with Rosie until 1980o Today, Beyonce instagrammed a pic of her acting like new Rosie pic and Betty Simpson cartoon also mimicks RosieReal Rosie Riveters- Nashville women drilled a nail into a building - Another image of women building planes and boats o “if you can use an electric mixer than you can learn to use a drill”Propaganda campaign in WWII- “convince the public that traditional prejudices against women were inaccurate”- did this because US government needed to attract more workers bc of the depression - During the war, there wasn’t a huge influx of workers so women were able to obtain higher positions War Campaign- New jobs glorified as patriotic war service to persuade women to take them and stick to it- Their importance to nation and change perspective of the norms - “Women in War: we can’t win without them”- WOW (women’s ordinance worker”o Women can make guns and bombs o My husband wants me to do my parto Images of sexy workers “Pin-Up Girls” sexy images of women hung up in combat to remind men what they were fighting for female body displayed Feminist Movement- Responsible for the creation of the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Statue in WWII HistoricalParko Photos of women built into monument - “why did women go home again?”o after advancements, women became domestic against o reverse propaganda o men came home and took jobs to gaino the problem is is that magazine writers were men so they regulated propaganda and controlled itDeaths of Womens that show Unsustainable Sex Symbols- Marilyn Monroeo Sex symbol died of drug overdose- Sylvia Platho Went to college and was educated but then committed suicide by putting her hand in the oveno Shows distortion of “happy housewife”3. Guest Lecture: Rachel Levand about PTSDProcessual memory - Creation of veterans is processual and comes in wavesImage of a veteran- Stereotype: old, tired, white- Many try to claim status of Vietnam war veteran WWII: The Good War- Specific images related to this war - Famous photo of Hiroshima of soldiers putting up a flag- Fighter kissing girl on streets of NYC- Cartoons of the waro Published cartoons show the Vernacular side of the soldies/waro Cartoon themes: soldiers are desperate to get drunk - “Up Front”-book about life of waro shows negative sides of the war for onceCensored Images- first 21 months of the war it was illegal to print pics of death- censored pics: no blacks, no one not in unfirom, no one dead, no girls- government didn’t want those to be exposed to public- Ex: 5 sullivan brothers were missing after war, mother lost 5 sons that day o However, propaganda only said “they did their part” and didn’t mention their death- 1943 images of death finally allowed Mental Health and Illnesses- images of broken soldiers- film about PTSD, no one saw it because it was censored- violent veterans who are crazy and can’t recover4. Lincoln Washington D.C.- controversy over voting representation in D.C.- controversy over weed Monuments- D.C. Mall is National Memory- The Mallo Capitol Building, Washington Monument, White House, Lincoln Monument Shape of the cross, 4 monuments are legs of each legs- McMillian Plano Shaped it this wayo No one lives there, only purpose is to learn about the pasto Ex: Washington Monument is the tallest and most significant building, most power so important to remember. Extraordinary core, connection between monument and home of the congresso Lincoln Jefferson, and MLK Memorials are in line Line of power- WWII Memorial Part of the National Mallo Bush dedicated ito Rectified into sites of useable memory o GI Bill Sent veterans to college as a living memorial of WWII Highways designated to memorials Dynamic sites of living createdo Rainbow Pool replaced WWII Memorial Symbolically, fewer protests held there now  Embeds circulation, not as easy to walk around  Takes apotheosis of leaders and brings together people who sacrified their life in the army  56 pillars (48 states plus 8 territories like Virgin Islands) have wreaths to remember who foughto Freedom Wall 4,048 gold stars, each representing 100 Americans who die in the war big magnitude, effective, no names  **Vernacular Element- graffiti on monument that says “Killrov is here”o this is what they


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