Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin And Beyond - Couverture souple

Jordan, Jennifer A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080475277X ISBN 13 : 9780804752770

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In many different parts of the world people cordon off sites of great suffering or great heroism from routine use and employ these sites exclusively for purposes of remembrance. The author of this book turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin in order to understand how some places are forgotten by all but eyewitnesses, whereas others become the sites of public ceremonies, museums, or commemorative monuments. The places examined mark the city's Nazi past and are often rendered off limits to use for apartments, shops, or offices. However, only a portion of all "authentic" sites-places with direct connections to acts of resistance or persecution during the Nazi era-actually become designated as places of official collective memory. Others are simply reabsorbed into the quotidian landscape. Remembering leaves its marks on the skin of the city, and the goal of this book is to analyze and understand precisely how.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jennifer A. Jordan is Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 080475277X
• ISBN 13: 9780804752770
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible