Allen The Labour of Memory

Memorial Culture and 7/7
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-34164-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

This book presents a study of remembrance practices emerging after the 2005 London bombings. Matthew Allen explores a range of cases that not only illustrate the effects of the organisation of remembrance on its participants, but reveal how people engaged in memorial culture to address difficult and unbearable conditions in the wake of 7/7.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. In Memoria Res: Remembrance and Political Economy 2. Memory, Work, Autonomy 3. Finance, Cosmos, Futurity 4. Making a Memorial Matter 5. Remembrance and Care: Reworking the Soul 6. Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Allen is Lecturer in Culture and Political Economy in the School of Management at the University of Leicester, UK. He is a member of the Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy. His work on memory and digital culture has appeared in Memory Studies; Emotion, Space and Society ; and Media, Culture & Society .