Description
Product ID: | 9780521165877 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Cultural Memory and Western Civilization |
Subtitle: | Functions, Media, Archives |
Authors: | Author: Aleida Assmann |
Page Count: | 424 |
Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Cultural studies, Cultural studies |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily practices, places and monuments. The analysis also addresses the interaction of cultural memory with individual memory and the ways in which cultural memory supports or subverts social and political identity constructions. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-11-14 |