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Memory from Below: Emma Goldman, Counter-Monuments, and the Politics of Public Memory

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Abstract: Two public memorials dedicated to Emma Goldman (1869–1940), a radical early feminist, are examined within a broader discussion about the preservation of feminist collective memory. Goldman was a prominent anarchist and advocate for women’s rights, labour rights, and freedom of speech, who was in conversation with the American women’s suffrage movement throughout her life—and was one of the rare critical voices pushing the movement toward ever more progressive positions from the left. Contrasting traditional forms of commemoration with the “counter-monuments” designed by artists and spontaneously erected by her admirers allows us to explore the effects of such memorials on the forms public memory can take and the stakes involved in those formal choices. Abstract: Deux lieux de commémoration publics dédiés à Emma Goldman (1869-1940), une féministe radicale et pionnière, sont examinés dans le cadre d’une discussion plus large sur la préservation de la mémoire collective féministe. Goldman était une anarchiste de renom qui défendait les droits des femmes, les droits des travailleurs et la liberté d’expression. Tout au long de sa vie, elle s’est entretenue avec le mouvement américain pour le droit de vote des femmes —et a été l’une des rares voix critiques à pousser le mouvement vers des positions toujours plus progressistes émanant de la gauche. La mise en contraste des formes traditionnelles de commémoration et des « contre-monuments » conçus par des artistes et érigés spontanément par ses admirateurs nous permet d’explorer les effets de ces lieux commémoratifs sur les formes que peut prendre la mémoire publique et sur les enjeux liés à ces choix formels.
Title: Memory from Below: Emma Goldman, Counter-Monuments, and the Politics of Public Memory
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Abstract: Two public memorials dedicated to Emma Goldman (1869–1940), a radical early feminist, are examined within a broader discussion about the preservation of feminist collective memory.
Goldman was a prominent anarchist and advocate for women’s rights, labour rights, and freedom of speech, who was in conversation with the American women’s suffrage movement throughout her life—and was one of the rare critical voices pushing the movement toward ever more progressive positions from the left.
Contrasting traditional forms of commemoration with the “counter-monuments” designed by artists and spontaneously erected by her admirers allows us to explore the effects of such memorials on the forms public memory can take and the stakes involved in those formal choices.
Abstract: Deux lieux de commémoration publics dédiés à Emma Goldman (1869-1940), une féministe radicale et pionnière, sont examinés dans le cadre d’une discussion plus large sur la préservation de la mémoire collective féministe.
Goldman était une anarchiste de renom qui défendait les droits des femmes, les droits des travailleurs et la liberté d’expression.
Tout au long de sa vie, elle s’est entretenue avec le mouvement américain pour le droit de vote des femmes —et a été l’une des rares voix critiques à pousser le mouvement vers des positions toujours plus progressistes émanant de la gauche.
La mise en contraste des formes traditionnelles de commémoration et des « contre-monuments » conçus par des artistes et érigés spontanément par ses admirateurs nous permet d’explorer les effets de ces lieux commémoratifs sur les formes que peut prendre la mémoire publique et sur les enjeux liés à ces choix formels.

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