Memorylands av Sharon Macdonald

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<P><EM>Memorylands </EM>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 into how memory and the past are being performed and reconfigured in Europe ¿ and with what effects. </P><P>Drawing especially, though not exclusively, on cases, concepts and arguments from social and cultural anthropology, <EM>Memorylands </EM>argues for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the cultural assumptions involved in relating to the past. It theorizes the various ways in which ¿materializations¿ of identity work and relates these to different forms of identification within Europe. The book also addresses questi