A Companion to Cultural Memory Studies

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-11-022998-1
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 441 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

This handbook represents the interdisciplinary and international field of “cultural memory studies” for the first time in volume. Articles by renowned international scholars offer readers a unique overview of the key concepts of cultural memory studies. The handbook not only documents current research in an unprecedented way; it also serves as a forum for bringing together approaches from areas as varied as sociology, political sciences, history, theology, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, psychology, and neurosciences. “Cultural memory studies” – as defined in this handbook – came into being at the beginning of the 20th century, with the works of Maurice Halbwachs on . In the course of the last two decades this area of research has witnessed a veritable boom in various countries and disciplines. As a consequence, the study of the relation of “culture” and “memory” has diversified into a wide range of approaches. This handbook is based on a broad understanding of “cultural memory” as the interplay of present and past in sociocultural contexts. It presents concepts for the study of individual remembering in a social context, group and family memory, national memory, the various media of memory, and finally the host of emerging transnational such as 9/11.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erll, Astrid

Nünning, Ansgar

Weitere Mitwirkende

Young, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Astrid Erll, University of Wuppertal, Germany; Ansgar Nünning, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen; Sara B. Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.