Memory Cultures: Memory, Subjectivity and Recognition

In recent years memory has attracted increasing attention. From analyses of electronic communication and the Internet to discussions of heritage culture, to debates about victimhood and sexual abuse, memory is currently generating much cultural interest. This interdisciplinary collection takes a journey through memory in order to contextualize this current "memory boom."

Memory Cultures focuses on memories "outside"--in the many fields within which understandings of memory have been produced...