Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture - Brossura

Samuel, Raphael

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ISBN 10: 1844678695 ISBN 13: 9781844678693

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2012

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

Raphael Samuel (1934–1996) was a tutor in History at Ruskin College, Oxford, and a founding editor of History Workshop Journal. His works include Theatres of Memory and Island Stories, also from Verso. For more information about his work, see The Raphael Samuel History Centre and Archive online.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844678695
• ISBN 13: 9781844678693
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512
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