Memorylands: Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

by Sharon Macdonald

Book Overview

Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a 'memoryland' - littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this 'memory phenomenon' is related to the changing nature of identities - especially European, national and cosmopolitan. In doing so, it provides new insights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041545333X
• ISBN13: 9780415453332
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"