Cultural Memory and Western Civilization Functions, Media, Archives

This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, offering a comprehensive overview of its history, forms and functions.

Info autore

Aleida Assmann is a Professor of English Literature and Literary Theory in the Department of Literature, Art and Media at the University of Konstanz in Germany. She has also been a guest lecturer at universities including Rice, Princeton, Yale, and the University of Chicago. She is the author of several German-language books and has received international recognition for her scholarship, including the Max-Planck-Research Prize for History and Memory in 2009 and an Honorary Doctorate from the Theological Faculty at the University of Oslo in 2008.

Riassunto

This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily practices, places and monuments. The analysis also addresses the interaction of cultural memory with individual memory and the ways in which cultural memory supports or subverts social and political identity constructions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aleida Assmann, Aleida Assman, Aleida (Universitat Konstanz Assmann, Assmann Aleida
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 14.11.2011
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780521764377
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76437-7
• Numero di pagine: 422
• Categorie: Cultural Studies; HISTORY / World; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; General & world history; General and world history