Cultural memories: the geographical point of view
Focusing on the role of spatiality and places, this volume explores cultural memories -- social constructions of the past which allow human beings to orient themselves in time and space. Theoretical considerations are presented, as well as three case studies that illustrate the concepts discussed.
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | German |
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Dordrecht Heidelberg [u.a.]
Springer
2011
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| Series: | Knowledge and space
4 |
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Knowledge and space (4)
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=763300 Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=763300 Verlag, Cover: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz391705164cov.jpg 
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| Author Notes: | Peter Meusburger ... Edgar Wunder, ed. |
| Summary: | Focusing on the role of spatiality and places, this volume explores cultural memories -- social constructions of the past which allow human beings to orient themselves in time and space. Theoretical considerations are presented, as well as three case studies that illustrate the concepts discussed. Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Theoretical Considerations -- Cultural Memories: An Introduction -- Text or Image? -- Power, Memory, and Public Space -- Locating Memory -- Content of the Book -- Note -- References -- Communicative and Cultural Memory -- Culture as Memory -- Time Frames -- Institutions, Carriers -- Note -- References -- Memory and Space in the Work of Maurice Halbwachs -- The "Social" Subject -- Memory "of" the Group? -- The Structure of Collective Frameworks -- "Physiognomy" as Territorialization -- Duration, Memory, History -- The "Implacement" of Frameworks -- Objects as Markers of Relationships -- Displacement, Disposal, and Forgetting -- Selfhood as Multiplicity -- Summary -- References -- Knowledge, Cultural Memory, and Politics -- Categories of Collective Memories -- Collective Memories and Politics -- Memory as a Component of Orientation Knowledge and Identity -- Power Elites as Ordainers of History -- Countermemories as Resilient Alternative Narratives Under the Pressure of Hegemonic ''Public'' Memory -- Variations of Historical Narratives and Collective Memories in Space and Time -- Old-Style "Memory Industry": Reliance on a Naïve Model of Communication? -- Collective Memories in Illiterate or Lowly Educated Societies -- New Skepticism and Sensitivity to National Propaganda, Eternal Truths, and Manichean Dichotomies -- Designers of Monuments and Curators of Museums: Reliance on a Simplistic Model of Communication? -- Manichean Morality as Its Own Nemesis -- Collective Memories and Political Reconciliation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Case Studies -- The Rütli in Switzerland: Minor Memory-Major Ambitions -- The Creation of the Place -- What Is the Status of This Specific Place in the Larger Field of Cultural Memories? -- What Does the Rtli Stand for? -- Postscript -- Notes -- References. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9789048189441 |