This handbook represents the interdisciplinary and international field
of “cultural memory studies” for the first time in one volume.
Articles by renowned international scholars offer readers a unique
overview of the key concepts of cultural memory studies. The handbook
not only documents current research in an unprecedented way; it also
serves as a forum for bringing together approaches from areas as
varied as sociology, political sciences, history, theology, literary
studies, media studies, philosophy, psychology, and neurosciences.
“Cultural memory studies” – as defined in this handbook – came
into being at the beginning of the 20th century, with the works of
Maurice Halbwachs on mémoire collective. In the course of the last
two decades this area of research has witnessed a veritable boom in
various countries and disciplines. As a consequence, the study of the
relation of “culture” and “memory” has diversified into a wide
range of approaches. This handbook is based on a broad understanding
of “cultural memory” as the interplay of present and past in
sociocultural contexts. It presents concepts for the study of
individual remembering in a social context, group and family memory,
national memory, the various media of memory, and finally the host of
emerging transnational lieux de mémoire such as 9/11.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783110207262
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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