Memory in culture / Astrid Erll ; translated by Sara B. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erll, Astrid.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan memory studies

Standardized Title:

Kollektives Gedächtnis und Errinnerungskulturen. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Collective memory.

Culture.

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

Physical Description:

ix, 209 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

This is an introduction to one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of research: cultural memory studies. Who was Maurice Halbwachs, and what are the 'social frameworks of memory'? What can Aby Warburg's work tell us about the 'memory of art'? How do Pierre Nora's lieux de mémoire connect history and memory? Where does the ancient art of memory meet the neurosciences? How do media shape our most personal memories? And can remembrance become globalized? Memory in Culture addresses these and many other questions about the sociocultural dimensions of remembering, offering a unique overview of the history and theory of memory studies. With the concise presentation of key concepts from history, sociology, political sciences, anthropology, psychology, literary, art and media studies, it documents current international and interdisciplinary memory research in an unprecedented way. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: why 'memory'?

The invention of cultural memory: a short history of memory studies

The disciplines of memory studies

Memory and culture: a semiotic model

Media and memory

Literature as a medium of cultural memory

Afterword: whither memory studies?

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-202) and index.

ISBN:

9780230297456

0230297455

9780230297449

0230297447

OCLC:

698330413