Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present, and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally, because memory is mediated materially. Materiality is the stuff of memory. Meaningful objects that we love (or hate) function not only as aide-mémoire but are integral to memory. Drawing on previous scholarship on the interrelation of memory and materiality, this book applies recent theories of new materialism to explore the material dimension of memory in art and popular culture. The book’s underlying premise is twofold: on the one hand, memory is performed, mediated, and stored through the material world that surrounds us; on the other hand, inanimate objects and things also have agency on their own, which affects practices of memory, as well as forgetting. Chapters 1, 4, and 5 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
| ISBN: | 9781138203235 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 2016 |
| Author: | Laszlo Muntean |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 220 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Genres: |
Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc The arts: general topics Archaeological theory Museology and heritage studies Cultural studies |
Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present, and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally, because memory is mediated materially. Materiality is the stuff of memory. Meaningful objects that we love (or hate) function not only as aide-mémoire but are integral to memory. Drawing on previous scholarship on the interrelation of memory and materiality, this book applies recent theories of new materialism to explore the material dimension of memory in art and popular culture. The book’s underlying premise is twofold: on the one hand, memory is performed, mediated, and stored through the material world that surrounds us; on the other hand, inanimate objects and things also have agency on their own, which affects practices of memory, as well as forgetting. Chapters 1, 4, and 5 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture features in the following genres: Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, The arts: general topics, Archaeological theory, Museology and heritage studies, Cultural studies
Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture is available in Hardback
Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture was written by Laszlo Muntean and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture has 220 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies series
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