Cultural memory and Western civilization : functions, media, archives /
"Cultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various medi...
| Основен автор: | Assmann, Aleida. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English German |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Издание: | 1st English ed. |
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Cover image Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Part I. Functions: 1. Memory as ars and vis; 2. The secularization of memory: memoria, fama, historia; 3. The battle of memories in Shakespeare's histories; 4. Wordsworth and the wound of time; 5. Memory boxes; 6. Function and storage: two modes of memory
- Part II. Media: 7. Metaphors, models, and media of memory; 8. Writing; 9. Image; 10. Body; 11. Places
- Part III. Storage: 12. Archives; 13. Permanence, decay, residue: problems of conversation and the ecology of culture; 14. Memory simulations in the wasteland of forgetfulness: installations by modern artists; 15. Memory as 'leidschatz'; 16. Beyond the archive
- Conclusion: arts of memory.