Prosthetic memory : the transformation of American remembrance in the age of mass culture / Alison Landsberg.

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Landsberg, Alison [author.]

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0231129262
9780231129268
0231129270
9780231129275
023150313X
9780231503136

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prosthetic memory.DDC classification:

306/.0973/09049 22

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05.30

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Contents:

Introduction: Memory, modernity, mass culture. -- Prosthetic memory. -- The prosthetic imagination: immigration narratives and the "melting down" of difference. -- Remembering slavery: childhood, desire, and the interpellative power of the past. -- America, the Holocaust, and the mass culture of memory: the "object" of remembering. -- Epilogue: Toward a radical practice of memory.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.

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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.

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