Introduction: Monuments, Museums and Murals: Preservation,Commemoration and American Identity
Keywords:
American Literature, American Culture and Literature, American Culture, Cultural Studies, Monuments, MuseumsAbstract
This text serves as the introduction to the 53rd issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey and consists of papers from the 39th International American Studies Conference organized by the American Studies Association of Turkey. Centered around the theme "Monuments, Museums and Murals: Preservation, Commemoration and American Identity," it examines how American identity is intertwined with collective memory, remembrance, amnesia, and recovery from historical traumas. Additionally, it provides brief overviews of the articles featured in this issue—covering museum representations, post-9/11 poetry, immigrant archives, war memorials, and gender constructs in silent film—while expressing gratitude to the contributors.
(The abstract and keywords were prepared retrospectively for indexing purposes using AI-assisted tools and editorial review, based on the original article. They did not appear in the original publication.)
