Prosthetic Memory
The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture
Alison Landsberg

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Auteur(s)

Alison Landsberg

Uitgever

New York : Columbia University Press, 2004

Omvang

215 p., geïllustreerd, 23 cm.

ISBN

9780231129275

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The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories - to assimilate as personal experience historical events through which they themselves did not live. Alison Landsberg argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others.

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Trefwoorden

film , video , visual culture , archives

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 11 - 4: Archieven ; Re-enactment ; Geschiedenis

Opmerkingen

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.