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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450693503321

Autore

Landsberg Alison

Titolo

Prosthetic memory [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of American remembrance in the age of mass culture / / Alison Landsberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-87188-9

9786612871887

0-231-50313-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

306/.0973/09049

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States

Mass media - Social aspects - United States

Community life - United States

Memory - Social aspects - United States

Memory - Social aspects - United States - History

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Political culture - United States

Electronic books.

United States Civilization 1970-

United States Social conditions 1980-

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live.