Memory in Culture
Houndmills; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), ix, 209 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 176-202, index
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
ISBN 978-0-230-29745-6 (pbk); 978-0-230-32167-0 (ebook)
Other editions: also published in German as: Kollektives Gedächtnis und Erinnerungskulturen. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2005
"This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting current international and interdisciplinary memory research in an unprecedented way." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Why 'Memory'? 1
2 The Invention of Cultural Memory: A Short History of Memory Studies, 13
3 The Disciplines of Memory Studies, 38
4 Memory and Culture: A Semiotic Model, 95
5 Media and Memory, 113
6 Literature as a Medium of Cultural Memory, 144
7 Afterword: Whither Memory Studies? 172
2 The Invention of Cultural Memory: A Short History of Memory Studies, 13
3 The Disciplines of Memory Studies, 38
4 Memory and Culture: A Semiotic Model, 95
5 Media and Memory, 113
6 Literature as a Medium of Cultural Memory, 144
7 Afterword: Whither Memory Studies? 172
