Introduction: Transnational Memory and Traumatic Histories

Memory studies has moved from the cultural collective, rooted within the bounds of the nation state, to the transnational or transcultural, which in recent years has come to account for the circulation of “memory cultures” in an increasingly complex, globalised and violent world. In what follows, th...

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Main Author: Joseph Ford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2015-03-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/1196
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description Memory studies has moved from the cultural collective, rooted within the bounds of the nation state, to the transnational or transcultural, which in recent years has come to account for the circulation of “memory cultures” in an increasingly complex, globalised and violent world. In what follows, the essays in this special issue on Transnational Memory and Traumatic Histories are briefly introduced and contextualised within this transcultural framework.
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