粉碎雕像：美国公共纪念碑的兴衰[有声读物]

一位顶尖专家对美国公共古迹的过去、现在和未来的探索。美国爆发了一场关于公共纪念碑的紧急而激烈的全国性辩论。有些人冒着被监禁的危险，拆除长期被忽视的大块大理石；其他人组成武装巡逻队保卫他们。为什么我们如此关心雕像？谁来决定哪些人应该站起来，哪些人应该下来？
艾琳·L·汤普森（Erin L.Thompson）是该国在此类战争中涉及的错综复杂的美学、法律、政治和社会问题方面的领先专家，他在粉碎雕像方面带来了急需的清晰性。她追溯了美国纪念碑的动荡历史及其丰富的讽刺，从帮助在美国国会山上建造自由女神像的奴隶男子开始，并探索了当代热点背后令人惊讶的动机，比如明尼苏达州国会山哥伦布雕像的倒塌。以伟大的神韵和深入研究，粉碎雕像给听众他们需要考虑的基本问题：必须听到谁的声音，谁的痛苦必须保持私人？
Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments [Audiobook]
A leading expert’s exploration of the past, present, and future of public monuments in America. An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide which ones should stay up and which should come down?
Erin L. Thompson, the country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political, and social issues involved in such battles, brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop the US Capitol, and explores the surprising motivations behind such contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives listeners the context they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must be heard, and whose pain must remain private?

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