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Title Negotiating memory from the Romans to the twenty-first century : damnatio memoriae / edited by Øivind Fuglerud, Kjersti Larsen, Marina Prusac-Lindhagen
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
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Series Routledge studies in cultural history ; 90
Routledge studies in cultural history ; 90.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Negotiation of Memory -- Part I: Forgetting and Remembrance -- 1 The Other Side of Damnatio Memoriae: Erasing Memory to Assert Loyalty and Identity in the Roman Empire -- 2 Sámi Silence Visualized: Indigenous Loss Negotiated in Contemporary Art -- 3 'An Island Renowned for Its Worship'. Environmental Change, Morality, and Forgetfulness in the Transforming Landscapes of Tonga
4 (Memories of) Monuments in the Czech Landscape: Creation, Destruction, and the Affective Stirrings of People and Things -- Part II: Cultural Repression and Contestation -- 5 Creating the Memory of an Unbroken Davidic Dynasty in the Book of Kings in Response to Political Discontinuity -- 6 The Lure of the Damned: Contemporary, Near- Contemporary, and Modern Perceptions of the Vikings -- 7 Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia: Religious Nationalism and the Muslim 'Other' -- 8 Societal Dismay and Ideological Disarray: Political Reform and Social Dynamics in Zanzibar Town
Part III: Destruction and Continuity -- 9 Destructive Aesthetics: Mutilating Portraits in Ancient Rome -- 10 The Fetish and Its Destruction: Spiritual Control in Africa and Melanesia -- 11 Landscape of Repressed Memories: Triumphalism and Counter-Historical Narratives in Sri Lanka's Former War Zone -- 12 Negotiating the Memory of Palmyra: ISIS Image Formation at the Cost of Ancient Cultural Heritage -- Index
Summary Manipulation of the past and forced erasure of memories have been global phenomena throughout history, spanning a varied repertoire from the destruction or alteration of architecture, sites, and images, to the banning or imposing of old and new practices. The present volume addresses these questions comparatively across time and geography, and combines a material approach to the study of memory with cross-disciplinary empirical explorations of historical and contemporary cases. This approach positions the volume as a reference-point within several fields of humanities and social sciences. The collection brings together scholars from different fields within humanities and social science to engage with memorialization and damnatio memoriae across disciplines, using examples from their own research. The broad chronological and comparative scope makes the volume relevant for researchers and students of several historical periods and geographic regions
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020)
Subject Memory -- Sociological aspects -- History
Collective memory -- History
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- World.
Collective memory
Memory -- Sociological aspects
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Fuglerud, Øivind, editor.
Larsen, Kjersti, editor.
Prusac-Lindhagen, Marina, editor.
ISBN 9781000190472
1000190471
9781003091332
1003091334
9781000190496
1000190498
9781000190489
100019048X