Media Archaeologies, Micro-Archives and Storytelling: Re-presencing the Past
Martin Pogacar
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
This book argues that today we live in the culture of the past that delimits our world and configures our potentialities. It explores how the past invades our presents and investigates the affective uses of the past in the increasingly elusive present. Remembering and forgetting are part of everyday life, popular culture, politics, ideologies and mythologies. In the time of the ubiquitous digital media, the ways individuals and collectivities re-presence their pasts and how they think about the present and the future have undergone significant changes. The book focuses on affective micro-archives of the memories of the socialist Yugoslavia ... Read more
This book argues that today we live in the culture of the past that delimits our world and configures our potentialities. It explores how the past invades our presents and investigates the affective uses of the past in the increasingly elusive present. Remembering and forgetting are part of everyday life, popular culture, politics, ideologies and mythologies. In the time of the ubiquitous digital media, the ways individuals and collectivities re-presence their pasts and how they think about the present and the future have undergone significant changes. The book focuses on affective micro-archives of the memories of the socialist Yugoslavia ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Condition
New
Weight
466 g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137525796
SKU
V9781137525796
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About Martin Pogacar
Martin Pogacar is a researcher at the Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia. His research focuses on the intersections of media and memory studies, post-socialist Yugoslavia and nostalgia, digital memorials, archives, and media archaeology. His recent publications include `Digital Afterlife: Ex-Yugoslav Pop Culture Icons and Social Media', in Post-Yugoslav ... Read more
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