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The Origin of the Chapel The Origin of the Chapel
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A Tour of the Chapel’s Symbolic Universe A Tour of the Chapel’s Symbolic Universe
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An Ideal Typical 11th of September with the Flight 93 Congregation An Ideal Typical 11th of September with the Flight 93 Congregation
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Making Heroes in the Chapel: The Flag and Other Totems and the Hero’s Body Making Heroes in the Chapel: The Flag and Other Totems and the Hero’s Body
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Religious Denomination and Division: Civil Religion vs. Religion at the Chapel Religious Denomination and Division: Civil Religion vs. Religion at the Chapel
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4 Flag Bodies: Commemoration in the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel
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Published:March 2015
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel in Shanksville as a commemoration of United Airlines Flight 93. It first provides the narrative on the origin of the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel before discussing some of the meanings being associated with the chapel, in the form of possible or likely readings of its symbolism in the context of the broader American culture. It then considers how people interact with the symbolic material at the chapel and how these interactions change the meanings that emerge from the symbols. It also explores the cultural narrative at work in the chapel, with particular emphasis on how dead bodies and their representations, even if they are not the bodies of heroes, acquire special symbolic importance. The chapter suggests that the basic meaning of the American flags present in the chapel is tied into the sacrificial death and transfiguration of the hero.
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