{"product_id":"the-future-of-memory-9781782380818","title":"The Future of Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tMemory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest. This volume brings together world experts to explore the current critical trends in this new academic field. It embraces work on diverse but interconnected phenomena, such as twenty-first century museums, shocking memorials in present-day Rwanda and the firsthand testimony of the victims of genocidal conflicts. The collection engages with pressing ‘real world’ issues, such as the furor around the recent 9\/11 memorial, and what we really mean when we talk about ‘trauma’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis volume of fourteen chapters provides a solid overview of important trends in the expanding field of memory studies. The chapters are wide-ranging in focus, as befits their authors’ diverse academic disciplines.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is an innovative, well structured and balanced collection of essays which presents a survey of theories and case studies underpinning the burgeoning field of memory studies. It addresses the ‘big issues’ including witnessing, trauma, memorials, the relation between personal and public memory, and generational transmission.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Peter Carrier\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHOLOCAUST MONUMENTS AND NATIONAL MEMORY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is an excellent collection of essays.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Peter Lawson,\u003c\/b\u003e Open University, London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRick Crownshaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJane Kilby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntony Rowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Memory: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRick Crownshaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond the Mnemosyne Institute\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDan Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Rwanda’s Bones\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSara Guyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Imperial War Museum North\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGaynor Bagnall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntony Rowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Memory and the Monument after 9\/11\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJames E. Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Edge of Memory: Innovation, Trauma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSusan Rubin Suleiman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Testimony: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAntony Rowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Reading Perpetrator Testimony\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRobert Eaglestone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Reading beyond the False Memory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJane Kilby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e False Testimony\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSue Vice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Reading Holocaust Poetry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMatthew Boswell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Trauma: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJane Kilby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e The Trauma Knot\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRoger Luckhurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Trauma, Justice and the Political Unconscious\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCathy Caruth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e Trauma and Resistance: In the Shadow of No Towers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnne Whitehead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/b\u003e Facing Losses\/Losing Guarantees: Meditation on Traumatic Ignorance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSharon Rosenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/b\u003e Activist Memories: Politics, Trauma, Pleasures\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCarrie Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042210382167,"sku":"9781782380818","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782380818.jpg?v=1750953457","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-future-of-memory-9781782380818","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}