Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin and Beyond (Cultural Memory in the Present) - Tapa dura

Libro 90 de 213: Cultural Memory in the Present

Jordan, Jennifer A.

 
9780804752763: Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin and Beyond (Cultural Memory in the Present)
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ISBN 10: 0804752761 ISBN 13: 9780804752763
Editorial: Stanford University Press, 2006

Sinopsis

Structures of Memory turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin, particularly places marked by the presence of the Nazi regime, in order to understand how some places of great cruelty or great heroism are forgotten by all but eyewitnesses, while others become the site of public ceremonies, museums, or commemorative monuments.

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Acerca del autor

Jennifer A. Jordan is Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

De la contraportada

“This is an original and fascinating work that will be a welcome addition to the ever-growing conversation on the cultural functions of memorialization, official and vernacular memorial processes, and the relation between remembering and forgetting. Jordan reminds us, as well she should, that what does not gain a place in the landscape is as revealing as what does finally gain the prestige of a public site.”—Edward T. Linenthal, Indiana University

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In many different parts of the world people cordon off sites of great suffering or great heroism from routine use and employ these sites exclusively for purposes of remembrance. The author of this book turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin in order to understand how some places are forgotten by all but eyewitnesses, whereas others become the sites of public ceremonies, museums, or commemorative monuments. The places examined mark the city s Nazi past and are often rendered off limits to use for apartments, shops, or offices. However, only a portion of all authentic sites places with direct connections to acts of resistance or persecution during the Nazi era actually become designated as places of official collective memory. Others are simply reabsorbed into the quotidian landscape. Remembering leaves its marks on the skin of the city, and the goal of this book is to analyze and understand precisely how.

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Editorial
Stanford University Press
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0804752761
ISBN 13 
9780804752763
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
304
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9780804752770: Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin and Beyond (Cultural Memory in the Present)

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ISBN 10:  080475277X ISBN 13:  9780804752770
Editorial: Stanford University Press, 2006
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