Public memory, public media, and the politics of justice / edited by Philip Lee, Pradip Ninan Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Philip, 1952-

Thomas, Pradip.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan memory studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and culture.

Mass media and history.

Collective memory.

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

Physical Description:

xvii, 220 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

How does the construction, representation and distortion of public memory affect the way we treat other people? How is policy-making influenced by the way the media cover contentious issues, such as the ongoing but largely ignored conflict between Russia and Chechnya, the claims of indigenous people in Peru to know what really happened during the war against the Shining Path, and South Africa's post-apartheid attempts to build a new nation? Contributors to this book explore the challenges and obstacles to affirming a universal right to memory on the long road to justice for all. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Rethinking Justice in Peru: Between Public Amnesia and Public Memory / Germàn Vargas Vargas, Germàn 23

2 Images of Disappearance in Argentina: How Films, Photos, and Television Buttress Memory / Claudia Feld Feld, Claudia 41

3 East Timor, the USA, and Mass Atrocities: Remembering and Forgetting / Joseph Nevins Nevins, Joseph 65

4 Justice, Media, and Memory: The South African Transition / Charles Villa-Vicencio Villa-Vicencio, Charles 80

5 A Time of Mourning: The Politics of Commemorating the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda / Rachel Ibreck Ibreck, Rachel 98

6 The European Roma: An Unsettled Right to Memory / Anna Marie Reading Reading, Anna Marie 121

7 The Chechen Memory of Deportation: From Recalling a Silenced Past to the Political Use of Public Memory / Aurélie Campana Campana, Aurélie 141

8 'Media Memories' in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Zala Volcic Volcic, Zala, Karmen Erjavec Erjavec, Karmen 163

9 Slavery and Emancipation in the Caribbean: Preserving the Public Memory / Hopeton S. Dunn Dunn, Hopeton S. 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230354067

0230354068

OCLC:

785873550

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