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Samuel, Raphael

 
9781844678693: Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1844678695 ISBN 13 : 9781844678693
Editeur : Verso Books, 2012

Synopsis

When Theatres of Memory was first published in 1994, it transformed the debate about what is to be considered history and questioned the role of “heritage” that lies at the heart of every Western nation’s obsession with the past. Today, in the age of Downton Abbey and Mad Men, we are once again conjuring historical fictions to make sense of our everyday lives. In this remarkable book, Samuel looks at the many different ways we use the ‘unofficial knowledge’ of the past. Considering such varied areas as the fashion for “retrofitting,” the rise of family history, the joys of collecting old photographs, the allure of reenactment societies and televised adaptations of Dickens, Samuel transforms our understanding of the uses of history. He shows us that history is a living practice, something constantly being reassessed in the world around us.

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À propos de l'auteur

RAPHAEL SAMUEL (1934 - 1996) was a tutor in History at Ruskin College, Oxford, and a founding editor of History Workshop Journal.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844678695
ISBN 13 
9781844678693
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
512
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