Collective remembering is an important way that communities name and
make sense of the past. Places and stories about the past influence
how communities remember the past, how they try to preserve it, or in
some cases how they try to erase it. The research in this book offers
key insights into how places and memories intersect with intercultural
conflicts, oppressions, and struggles by which communities make sense
of, deal with, and reconcile the past. The authors in this book
examine fascinating stories from important sites—such as
international commemorations of Korean “Comfort Women,” a film
representation of the Stonewall Riots, and remembrances of the
post-communist state in Albania. By utilizing various critical and
cultural studies and ethnographic and narrative-based methods, each
chapter examines cultural memory in intercultural encounters, everyday
experiences, and identity performances that evoke collective memories
of colonial pasts, immigration processes, and memories of places and
spaces that are shaped by power structures and clashing ideologies.
This book is essential reading for understanding the links between
space/place and cultural memory, memories of nationally, and places
constituted by markers of ethnicity, race, and sexuality. These
readings are especially useful in courses in intercultural
communication, cultural studies, international studies, and peace and
conflict studies.
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Contesting Places, Spaces, and Stories
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781433147876
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok