Author : Brett Ashley Kaplan
Release : 2023-05-04
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 111/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Critical Memory Studies by : Brett Ashley Kaplan
Download or read book Critical Memory Studies written by Brett Ashley Kaplan. This book was released on 2023-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a diverse array of new and established scholars and creative writers in the rapidly expanding field of memory studies, this collection creatively delves into the multiple aspects of this wide-ranging field. Contributors explore race-ing memory; environmental studies and memory; digital memory; monuments, memorials, and museums; and memory and trauma. Organised around 7 sections, this book examines memory in a global context, from Kashmir and Chile to the US and UK. Featuring contributions on topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement; the AIDS crisis; and memory and the anthropocene, this book traces and consolidates the field while analysing and charting some of the most current and cutting-edge work, as well as new directions that could be taken.