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 readers the context
they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must
be heard and whose pain must remain private?
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