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Media of Testimony - Remembering the East German Stasi in the Berlin Republic

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Zusatztext "Jones' book skillfully combines approaches from memory studies! communication and media studies! and reception studies to give insight into the interaction between individual memories and the social! cultural and political spheres. ? Jones' study presents a significant contribution to the field. ? an important and necessary contribution to the study of testimony and its (mass) mediation and remediation in memory culture." (Susanne C. Knittel! H Soz Kult! hsozkult! geschichte.hu-berlin.de! March! 2016) "The Media of Testimony combines original empirical analyses with the very latest memory studies scholarship. It is a fascinating and highly readable discussion of the way first-person narratives are mediated to produce a one-sided account of a still hotly-contested past! and its discussion of what constitutes 'authenticity' has implications extending well beyond its immediate context. An important book for anyone interested in how the past is reconstructed in the present." - Debbie Pinfold! University of Bristol! UK Informationen zum Autor Sara Jones is Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her work focuses on the political, social and cultural processes of remembering state socialism in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of Complicity, Censorship and Criticism: Negotiating Space in the GDR Literary Sphere (2011). Klappentext The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing, memorial museums and documentary film. Combining theoretical models from diverse disciplines, it presents a new approach to the study of testimony, memory and mediation. Zusammenfassung The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing! memorial museums and documentary film. Combining theoretical models from diverse disciplines! it presents a new approach to the study of testimony! memory and mediation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Media of Testimony 2. Literary Autobiography and the Stories that Can't be Told 3. Fragmented Auto/Biographies: Testifying with Many Voices 4. The Importance of 'Being There': Memorial Museums and Living the Past in the Present 5. Whose Memory Is It Anyway? Memorial Museums and Modes of Authority 6. Documentary Film: Being Moved by Memory Conclusion Notes Bibliography...

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Media of Testimony 2. Literary Autobiography and the Stories that Can't be Told 3. Fragmented Auto/Biographies: Testifying with Many Voices 4. The Importance of 'Being There': Memorial Museums and Living the Past in the Present 5. Whose Memory Is It Anyway? Memorial Museums and Modes of Authority 6. Documentary Film: Being Moved by Memory Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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"Jones' book skillfully combines approaches from memory studies, communication and media studies, and reception studies to give insight into the interaction between individual memories and the social, cultural and political spheres. ... Jones' study presents a significant contribution to the field. ... an important and necessary contribution to the study of testimony and its (mass) mediation and remediation in memory culture." (Susanne C. Knittel, H Soz Kult, hsozkult, geschichte.hu-berlin.de, March, 2016)
"The Media of Testimony combines original empirical analyses with the very latest memory studies scholarship. It is a fascinating and highly readable discussion of the way first-person narratives are mediated to produce a one-sided account of a still hotly-contested past, and its discussion of what constitutes 'authenticity' has implications extending well beyond its immediate context. An important book for anyone interested in how the past is reconstructed in the present." - Debbie Pinfold, University of Bristol, UK

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Authors S Jones, S. Jones, Sara Jones
Publisher Palgrave UK
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 06.08.2014
 
EAN 9781137364036
ISBN 978-1-137-36403-6
No. of pages 253
Series Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Palgrave MacMillan Memory Stud
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Palgrave MacMillan Memory Stud
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science

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