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Cultural Memory and Western Civilization Functions, Media, Archives

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ISBN-10: 0521165873

ISBN-13: 9780521165877

Edition: 2011

Authors: Aleida Assmann

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List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Functions
Memory as Ars and Vis
The Secularization of Memory - Memoria, Fama, Historia
The Battle of Memories in Shakespeare's Histories
Wordsworth and the Wound of Time
Memory Boxes
Function and Storage - Two Modes of Memory
Media
Metaphors, Models, and Media of Memory
Writing
Image
Body
Places
Storage
Archives
Permanence, Decay, Residue - Problems of Conservation and the Ecology of Culture
Memory Simulations in the Wasteland of Forgetfulness - Installations by Modern Artists
Memory as Leidschatz
Beyond the Archive
Conclusion: Arts of Memory
Index