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Prosthetic memory : the transformation of American remembrance in the age of mass culture /
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, ethni...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2004].
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231129262 9780231129268 0231129270 9780231129275 023150313X 9780231503136 |