Monumental Lies keyword-literary-fiction and the activist groups who

and the activist groups who are working towards a clearer and more helpful understanding of contemporary issues

the development of spectacle—architecture and the rise of global cities

and powerful advocacy of the historian’s craft

confirms exactly what it attempts to deny—that I returned a broken kettle to you

This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students

Monumental Lies keyword-literary-fiction and the activist groups whoHow the past is memorialized can have a dangerous influence on the future. Monumental Lies exposes the truths buried at contested heritage sites and demands that we safeguard the material evidence of history from both malign defenders and over enthusiastic erasure. Robert Bevan challenges us to rethink our relationship with our contested spaces, from colonial statues and the physical legacy of fascism, to fake post conflict reconstructions and ethno