NOT TELLING US WHAT TO THINK - THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

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CARNEY, LS
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METAPHOR AND SYMBOLIC ACTIVITY | 1993年 / 8卷 / 03期
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10.1207/s15327868ms0803_6
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, uses meiosis and ambiguity. It clearly omits traditional funerary and memorial rhetorical forms, yet it is very moving. Its rhetorical power can be related to its devices, including matters of self-reflection. To some observers, its openness to personal interpretation is itself a rhetorical, political statement.
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