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Prosthetic memory : the transformation of American remembrance in the age of mass culture / Alison Landsberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landsberg, Alison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Community life--United States.
- Community life.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States.
- Memory.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States--History--Case studies.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612871887
- 9781282871885
- 1282871889
- 9780231503136
- 023150313X
- OCLC:
- 831121354
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