{"product_id":"memory-unbound-tracing-the-dynamics-of-memory-studies-9781785338410","title":"Memory Unbound: Tracing the Dynamics of Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThough still a relatively young field, memory studies has undergone significant transformations since it first coalesced as an area of inquiry. Increasingly, scholars understand memory to be a fluid, dynamic, \u003cem\u003eunbound\u003c\/em\u003e phenomenon—a process rather than a reified object. Embodying just such an elastic approach, this state-of-the-field collection systematically explores the transcultural, transgenerational, transmedial, and transdisciplinary dimensions of memory—four key dynamics that have sometimes been studied in isolation but never in such an integrated manner. \u003cem\u003eMemory Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e places leading researchers in conversation with emerging voices in the field to recast our understanding of memory’s distinctive variability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume provides a comprehensive examination of the field of memory studies, from a range of disciplines and approaches using global case studies. The dynamic compilation of essays is attentive to shifts in the field towards interdisciplinarity and provides a nuanced account of the dynamics of memory across various contexts…This volume of essays is a significant contribution to the field as it provides a critical understanding of memory across media and disciplines, and will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working in the field of memory studies.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Memory Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eMemory Unbound \u003cem\u003eis exemplary of the research and writing of the ‘third wave’ of memory studies. It heralds a new departure in keeping with the transforming effects of new technologies of communication, and conveys the energy and excitement attending the precipitous emergence and rapid development of this new realm of scholarship.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Patrick Hutton\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Vermont\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a great book—provocative, timely, and thoughtful. It proposes a future for memory research that finds a place for new investigators to embed their ideas.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Joanne Garde-Hansen\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Warwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Memory on the Move\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLucy Bond, Stef Craps, and Pieter Vermeulen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Staging Shared Memory: \u003cem\u003eJe Veux voir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eL’Empreinte de l’ange\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMax Silverman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Remembering the Indonesian Killings: \u003cem\u003eThe Act of Killing\u003c\/em\u003e and the Global Memory Imperative\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRosanne Kennedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003eTransnational Memory and the Construction of History through Mass Media\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAleida Assmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Small Acts of Repair: The Unclaimed Legacy of the Romanian Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fictions of Generational Memory: Caryl Phillips’s \u003cem\u003eIn the Falling Snow\u003c\/em\u003e and Black British Writing in Times of Mnemonic Transition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAstrid Erll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Uses of Facebook for Examining Collective Memory: The Emergence of Nasser Facebook Pages in Egypt\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoyce van de Bildt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Connective Memory: How Facebook Takes Charge of Your Past\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJosé van Dijck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Embodiments of Memory: Toward an Existential Approach to the Culture of Connectivity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmanda Lagerkvist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Metaphorical Memories of the Medieval Crusades after 9\/11\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian Johnsrud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Agency of Memory Objects: Tracing Memories of Soweto at Regina Mundi Church\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrauke Wiegand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cultural Memory Studies in the Epoch of the Anthropocene\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRichard Crownshaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Filled with Words”: Modeling the September 11 Digital Archive and the Utility of Digital Methods in the Study of Memory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJessica K. Young\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042409316695,"sku":"9781785338410","price":25.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785338410.jpg?v=1750954064","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memory-unbound-tracing-the-dynamics-of-memory-studies-9781785338410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}