The Social Life of Memory: Violence, Trauma, and Testimony in Lebanon and Morocco

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This edited volume addresses memory practices among youth, families, cultural workers, activists, and engaged citizens in Lebanon and Morocco. In making a claim for ‘the social life of memory,’ the introduction discusses a particular research field of memory studies, elaborating an approach to memory in terms of social production and engagement. The Arab Spring is evoked to draw attention to new rifts within and between history and remembrance in the regions of North Africa and the Middle East. As authoritarian forms of governance are challenged, official panoramic narratives are confronted with a multiplicity of memories of violent pasts. The eight chapters trace personal and public inventories of violence, trauma, and testimony, addressing memory in cinema, in newspapers and periodicals, as an experience of public environments, through transnational and diasporic mediums, and amongst younger generations. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction: Memory Between Lieu and Milieu (Norman Saadi Nikro, Sonja Hegasy)....Pages 1-24 A Life of Waiting: Political Violence, Personal Memories, and Enforced Disappearances in Morocco (Laura Menin)....Pages 25-54 The Civil War’s Ghosts: Events of Memory Seen Through Lebanese Cinema (Joey Ayoub)....Pages 55-82 Transforming Memories: Media and Historiography in the Aftermath of the Moroccan Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Sonja Hegasy)....Pages 83-112 Testimony and Journalism: Moroccan Prison Narratives (Brahim El Guabli)....Pages 113-144 Sites of Memory in Lebanon: The Hariri Mosque in Martyrs Square (Ali Nehme Hamdan)....Pages 145-168 Ressouvenirs in Dialogue: University Students Tell Their War Stories (Pamela Chrabieh)....Pages 169-194 ReMemory in an Inter-Generational Register: Social and Ethical Life of Testimony (Norman Saadi Nikro)....Pages 195-217 Memory as Protest: Mediating Memories of Violence and the Bread Riots in the Rif (Norah Karrouche)....Pages 219-237 Erratum to: The Social Life of Memory (Norman Saadi Nikro, Sonja Hegasy)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 239-246