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This paper explains how and why the events at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969 acquired tremendous salience to the gay movement while other similar events did not. This paper argues that collective memories can be understood to be historically contingent achievements produced through collective mobilization. In contrast to prior understandings of the production of collective memory, this approach, which draws on social movement theory and theories of events and place, sees collective memory not only as a product of human activity but as a product of collective action. |
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collective memory, sociology of culture, social movements, Stonewall, gay movement, collective mobilization |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Armstrong, Elizabeth. and Crage, Suzanna. "Movements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall Myth" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22869_index.html> |
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| Armstrong, E. A. and Crage, S. M. , 2005-08-12 "Movements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall Myth" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22869_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper explains how and why the events at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969 acquired tremendous salience to the gay movement while other similar events did not. This paper argues that collective memories can be understood to be historically contingent achievements produced through collective mobilization. In contrast to prior understandings of the production of collective memory, this approach, which draws on social movement theory and theories of events and place, sees collective memory not only as a product of human activity but as a product of collective action. |
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| Movements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall Myth Elizabeth A. Armstrong Suzanna Crage Stonewall is not only commemorated but mythologized. Many gay men and lesbians routinely speak of it as if it was a sacred event that lies beyond the reach of objective discourse. They talk as if there was no gay rights activism at all before Stonewall or else they mock pre-Stonewall activists as Uncle Toms. They recite the name "Stonewall" itself with the same reverence that |
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