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Cultures of Memory in the Nineteenth Century: Consuming Commemoration

By Katherine Haldane Grenier , Amanda R. Mushal

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030376468, 9783030376475
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-37647-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8772726 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XXIII, 275\289
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Cultural and Media Studies; Media and Communicatio

Description

This collection provides a long-overdue examination of the nineteenth century as a crucible of new commemorative practices. Distinctive memory cultures emerged during this period which would fundamentally reshape public and private practices of remembrance in the modern world. The essays in this volume bring together scholars of History, Literature, Art History, and Musicology to explore uses of memory in nineteenth-century empire-building and constructions of national identity, cultures of sentiment and mourning practices, and discourses of race and power. Contributors approach the topic through case studies of Europe, the United States, and the British Empire. Their analyses of nineteenth-century innovations in commemoration at both the personal and the larger civic and political levels will appeal to students and scholars of memory and of the nineteenth-century world.

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