EAN: 9783319666211

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MEMORY GEBUNDEN

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.

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