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The Collective Memory Reader
Jeffrey K.; V Olick
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Description for The Collective Memory Reader
Paperback. The Collective Memory Reader provides a wide array of texts that underwrite the field of memory studies. Taken together, these seminal texts, hard-to-find classics, previsouly untranslated material, unusual extensions, and contemporary landmarks provide a definitive entry point into the field for students and an essential resource for scholars. Editor(s): Olick, Jeffrey K.; Vinitzky-Seroussi, Vered; Levy, Daniel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JHB; JHMC; JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 904.
There are few terms or concepts that have, in the last twenty or so years, rivaled "collective memory" for attention in the humanities and social sciences. Indeed, use of the term has extended far beyond scholarship to the realm of politics and journalism, where it has appeared in speeches at the centers of power and on the front pages of the world's leading newspapers. The current efflorescence of interest in memory, however, is no mere passing fad: it is a hallmark characteristic of our age and a crucial site for understanding our present social, political, and cultural conditions. Scholars and ... Read more
There are few terms or concepts that have, in the last twenty or so years, rivaled "collective memory" for attention in the humanities and social sciences. Indeed, use of the term has extended far beyond scholarship to the realm of politics and journalism, where it has appeared in speeches at the centers of power and on the front pages of the world's leading newspapers. The current efflorescence of interest in memory, however, is no mere passing fad: it is a hallmark characteristic of our age and a crucial site for understanding our present social, political, and cultural conditions. Scholars and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
910g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195337426
SKU
V9780195337426
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About Jeffrey K.; V Olick
Jeffrey K. Olick is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Virginia. Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Daniel Levy is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, SUNY.
Reviews for The Collective Memory Reader
This collection is impressive on so many levels that it is difficult to avoid the pat assessment that this is a 'must-have book' for all scholars and students, novice or veteran, interested in the encompassing subject matter.
Cynthia Comacchio, Wilfrid Laurier University
Cynthia Comacchio, Wilfrid Laurier University