Mediating Historical Responsibility - (Media and Cultural Memory) by Guido Bartolini & Joseph Ford (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Mediating Historical Responsibility brings together leading scholars and new voices in the interdisciplinary fields of memory studies, history, and cultural studies to explore the ways culture, and cultural representations, have been at the forefront of bringing the memory of past injustices to the attention of audiences for many years.
- About the Author: Guido Bartolini, Ghent University, Belgium; Joseph Ford, IMLR, London, UK.
- 388 Pages
- Social Science, General
- Series Name: Media and Cultural Memory
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About the Book
Mediating Historical Responsibility examines how cultural representations deal with memories of past injustices, such as colonialism, war crimes, genocides, dictatorships, and racism. Engaging with the darkest pages of twentieth-century European hisBook Synopsis
Mediating Historical Responsibility brings together leading scholars and new voices in the interdisciplinary fields of memory studies, history, and cultural studies to explore the ways culture, and cultural representations, have been at the forefront of bringing the memory of past injustices to the attention of audiences for many years. Engaging with the darkest pages of twentieth-century European history, dealing with the legacy of colonialism, war crimes, genocides, dictatorships, and racism, the authors of this collection of critical essays address Europe's 'difficult pasts' through the study of cultural products, examining historical narratives, literary texts, films, documentaries, theatre, poetry, graphic novels, visual artworks, material heritage, and the cultural and political reception of official government reports. Adopting an intermedial approach to the study of European history, the book probes the relationship between memory and responsibility, investigating what it means to take responsibility for the past and showing how cultural products are fundamentally entangled in this process.
About the Author
Guido Bartolini, Ghent University, Belgium; Joseph Ford, IMLR, London, UK.