The Labour of Memory

Memorial Culture and 7/7
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-46515-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 225 g

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.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

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 ; and .