Mediation, Remediation, and the Dynamics of Cultural Memory

Published by De Gruyter 2009

Mediation, Remediation, and the Dynamics of Cultural Memory

Edited by: Astrid Erll and Ann Rigney
In collaboration with: Laura Basu and Paulus Bijl

Volume 10 in the series Media and Cultural Memory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110217384

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This collection of essays brings together two major new developments in cultural memory studies: firstly, the shift away from static models of cultural memory, where the emphasis lies on cultural products, in the direction of more dynamic models where the emphasis lies instead on the cultural and social processes involved in the ongoing production of shared views of the past; and secondly, the growing interest in the role of the media, and their role beyond that of mere storage, within these dynamics.
The specific concern of this collection is linking the use of media to the larger socio-cultural processes involved in collective memory-making. The focus rests in particular on two aspects of media use: the basic dynamics of “mediation” and “remediation”. The key questions are: What role do media play in the production and circulation of cultural memories? How do mediation, remediation and intermediality shape objects and acts of cultural remembrance? How can new, emergent media redefine or transform what is collectively remembered?
The essays of this collection focus on social, historical, religious, and artistic media-memories. The authors analyze the memory-making impact of news media, the mediation and remediation of lieux de mémoire, the medial representation of colonial and postcolonial, of Holocaust and Second World War memories, and finally the problematization of these very processes in artistic media forms, such as novels and movies.

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Astrid Erll, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany; Ann Rigney, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Reviews

"So profitiert der Leser sowohl als Einsteiger als auch als Experte, da die einzelnen Essays von einer gut verständlichen Ebene ausgehend zu einer sehr spezifischen Ebene getrieben werden und so tiefe Einsichten – jeweils gut argumentiert – möglich sind."
Jana Magdanz in: http://www.rkm-journal.de/archives/12459http://www.rkm-journal.de/archives/12459

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
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Introduction: Cultural Memory and its Dynamics Astrid Erll and Ann Rigney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Mediation
Cultural Memory on the Move in Contemporary Travel Writing: W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn Simon Cooke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
I Forgot to Remember (to Forget): Personal Memories in Memento (2000) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Verena-Susanna Nungesser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Old, Eternal, and Future Light in the Dutch East Indies: Colonial Photographs and the History of the Globe Paulus Bijl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
The Limits of Transference: Theories of Memory and Photography in W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz Richard Crownshaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Digital Network Memory Andrew Hoskins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
II. Remediation
Remembering across Time, Space, and Cultures: Premediation, Remediation and the “Indian Mutiny” Astrid Erll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Towards a Memory Dispositif: Truth, Myth, and the Ned Kelly lieu de mémoire, 1890-1930 Laura Basu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Remediation as a Moral Obligation: Authenticity, Memory, and Morality in Representations of Anne Frank David Wertheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
III. The Public Arena
Performances, Souvenirs, and Music: The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1897 Meike Hölscher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
News Media and Historical Remembrance: Reporting on the Expulsion of Germans in Polish and German Magazines Maren Röger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Restitution and the Dynamics of Memory: A Neglected Trans-Generational Perspective Nicole L. Immler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Literary Icons and the Religious Past in the Netherlands: Jan Wolkers and Gerard Reve Jesseka Batteau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
Keywords: Cultural Memory; Media; Mediation; Intermediality

eBook

Published: July 14, 2009
ISBN: 9783110217384

Hardcover

Published: July 15, 2009
ISBN: 9783110204445