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Canadian Literature and Cultural Memory (Themes in Canadian Sociology)
Cynthia Sugars
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Hardcover. Series: Themes in Canadian Sociology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 b/w figures/8 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
Critics argue that contemporary western societies are immersed in a "culture of memory," devoting resources to national histories and heritage, commemoration, public re-enactments, etc. We use these recollections of our national past to maintain a collective identity in the present, among other uses. These essays, edited by Cynthia Sugars and Eleanor Ty, explore how Canadian literature draws on aspects of cultural memory, past and future. Exploring memory as a "vector of signification" involves a wide range of topics such concepts of as heritage, antiquity, nostalgia, elegy, ancestry, haunting, trauma, affect, aging, authenticity, commemoration, public history. Contributors to this ... Read more
Critics argue that contemporary western societies are immersed in a "culture of memory," devoting resources to national histories and heritage, commemoration, public re-enactments, etc. We use these recollections of our national past to maintain a collective identity in the present, among other uses. These essays, edited by Cynthia Sugars and Eleanor Ty, explore how Canadian literature draws on aspects of cultural memory, past and future. Exploring memory as a "vector of signification" involves a wide range of topics such concepts of as heritage, antiquity, nostalgia, elegy, ancestry, haunting, trauma, affect, aging, authenticity, commemoration, public history. Contributors to this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Themes in Canadian Sociology
Condition
New
Weight
762g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780199007592
SKU
V9780199007592
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About Cynthia Sugars
Cynthia Sugars is Professor in the Department of Literature, University of Ottawa. Her research and teaching focus on the links between national identities and cultural narratives, in the broad range of ways that Canadians, past and present, make sense of themselves as members of a national community that is shaped by a multiplicity of contending perspectives. Eleanor Ty ... Read more
Reviews for Canadian Literature and Cultural Memory (Themes in Canadian Sociology)
the book is engaging and provides a well-researched spectrum of the different aspects of Canadian literature in relation to cultural memory.
Kate Smith, U.S. Studies Online
Kate Smith, U.S. Studies Online