The second part of Down with the Old Canoe<\/i> is an exploration of the second wave of meaning manufacture that occurs in the late 1900s. This is where Biel explores our contemporary understanding of the Titanic Disaster. The theme that threads these conceptualizations together seems to be this sense of nostalgia. These groups find themselves in a world radically different from the world when the titanic sank. Changes in culture, technological advancements, and even politics have occurred and Americans once again find themselves in a period of great anxiety. One of the great examples Biel utilizes to explain this impulse for nostalgia is the byproduct of the creation of the atomic bomb. With the creation of a device that can level whole cities in an instant leaving little or no survivors. To these individuals the Titanic represented a simpler time, a time when death left room for dignity and chivalry. Efforts to rediscover the Titanic, to complete its maiden voyage was more than just a misogynistic expression of masculine anxiety about changing gender roles, it was about getting in touch with a simpler past. Rediscovering the Titanic meant getting in touch with a past that didn\u2019t include fears about instant nuclear annihilation.<\/p>\n

It is true, as dajames has said in his post that the Titanic served as a vehicle for resisting communism, feminism, and the other isms that proliferated at the time. However, the rediscovery of the Titanic and the narratives that grew around it demonstrated an anxiety about the state of American affairs much like conceptualizations of the Titanic right after the sinking demonstrated their anxieties and struggles regarding the state of society as they knew it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second part of Down with the Old Canoe is an exploration of the second wave of meaning manufacture that occurs in the late 1900s. This is where Biel explores our contemporary understanding of the Titanic Disaster. The theme that threads these conceptualizations together seems to be this sense of nostalgia. These groups find themselves … <\/p>\n

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