Memory in Culture [electronic resource] /
Erll, A.author.
This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting current international and interdisciplinary memory research in an unprecedented way.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting current international and interdisciplinary memory research in an unprecedented way.
Introduction: why 'memory'? -- The invention of cultural memory: a short history of memory studies -- The disciplines of memory studies -- Memory and culture: a semiotic model -- Media and memory -- Literature as a medium of cultural memory -- Afterword: whither memory studies?
Communication.
Culture.
Anthropology.
Intellectual life-History.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Historiography.
Media Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Anthropology.
Intellectual Studies.
Social Philosophy.
Memory Studies.