ISBN:
0231129262
,
9780231129268
,
0231129270
,
9780231129275
,
023150313X
,
9780231503136
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 215 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Prosthetic memory
DDC:
306.097309049
Keywords:
Memory Case studies Social aspects
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History
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Mass media Political aspects
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Political culture
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Popular culture
;
Memory Social aspects
;
Community life
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Mass media Social aspects
;
Memory Social aspects
;
History
;
United States
;
Community life
;
Mass media ; Political aspects
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Mass media ; Social aspects
;
Memory ; Social aspects
;
Political culture
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Politics and government
;
Popular culture
;
Social conditions
;
Gesellschaft
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Soziale Situation
;
Massenmedien
;
Herinnering
;
Populaire cultuur
;
Massamedia
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Civilization
;
Case studies
;
History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
United States Politics and government 1989-
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United States Civilization 1970-
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United States Social conditions 1980-
;
USA
;
United States
;
Electronic books Case studies
;
History
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
USA
;
Gesellschaft
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Soziale Situation
;
Massenmedien
Abstract:
Introduction: Memory, modernity, mass culture. -- Prosthetic memory. -- The prosthetic imagination: immigration narratives and the "melting down" of difference. -- Remembering slavery: childhood, desire, and the interpellative power of the past. -- America, the Holocaust, and the mass culture of memory: the "object" of remembering. -- Epilogue: Toward a radical practice of memory.
Abstract:
Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Memory, modernity, mass culture.Prosthetic memory. -- The prosthetic imagination: immigration narratives and the "melting down" of difference. -- Remembering slavery: childhood, desire, and the interpellative power of the past. -- America, the Holocaust, and the mass culture of memory: the "object" of remembering. -- Epilogue: Toward a radical practice of memory.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-207) and index. - Description based on print version record
