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Title Mediation, remediation, and the dynamics of cultural memory / edited by Astrid Erll, Ann Rigney ; in collaboration with Laura Basu and Paulus Bijl.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Media and cultural memory = Medien und kulturelle erinnerung, 1613-8961 ; 10
Media and cultural memory ; 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : cultural memory and its dynamics / Astrid Erll and Ann Rigney -- Mediation -- Cultural memory on the move in contemporary travel writing : W.G. Sebald's The rings of Saturn / Simon Cooke -- I forgot to remember (to forget) : personal memories in Memento (2000) and Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) / Verena-Susanna Nungesser -- Old, eternal, and future light in the Dutch East Indies : colonial photographs and the history of the globe / Paulus Bijl -- The limits of transference : theories of memory and photography in W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz / Richard Crownshaw -- Digital network memory / Andrew Hoskins -- Remediation -- Remembering across time, space, and cultures : premediation, remediation and the "Indian Mutiny" / Astrid Erll -- Towards a memory dispositif : truth, myth, and the Ned Kelly lieu de mémoire, 1890-1930 / Laura Basu -- Remediation as a moral obligation : authenticity, memory, and morality in representations of Anne Frank / David Wertheim -- The public arena -- Performances, souvenirs, and music : the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1897 / Meike Hölscher -- News media and historical remembrance : reporting on the expulsion of Germans in Polish and German magazines / Maren Röger -- Restitution and the dynamics of memory : a neglected trans-generational perspective / Nicole L. Immler -- Literary icons and the religious past in the Netherlands : Jan Wolkers and Gerard Reve / Jesseka Batteau.
Summary This collection of essays brings together two major new developments in cultural memory studies: firstly, the shift away from static models of cultural memory, where the emphasis lies on cultural products, in the direction of more dynamic models where the emphasis lies instead on the cultural and social processes involved in the ongoing production of shared views of the past; and secondly, the growing interest in the role of the media, and their role beyond that of mere storage, within these dynamics. The specific concern of this collection is linking the use of media to the larger socio-cultur.
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Subject Mass media and culture.
Mass media and culture.
Mass media -- Influence.
Mass media -- Influence.
Collective memory.
Collective memory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Erll, Astrid.
Rigney, Ann.
Other Form: Print version: Mediation, remediation, and the dynamics of cultural memory. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110204445 (DLC) 2009018374 (OCoLC)259265284
ISBN 9783110217384 (electronic book)
3110217384 (electronic book)
1282296108
9781282296107
9783110204445 (alkaline paper)
3110204444 (alkaline paper)