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Why Memory Matters

'Remembered histories' and the Politics of the Past
By Rowan Light
Series: BWB Texts
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'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.' From curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked by waves of loss, grief, absence, and victimhood.... Read More
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Historian Rowan Light offers a series of case studies about local debates about history in New Zealand. These provisional judgements of the past illuminate aspects of what it means to remember - and why it matters.

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'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.'

From curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked by waves of loss, grief, absence, and victimhood.

Why are certain aspects of the past remembered over others, and why does this matter?

In response to this fraught question, historian Rowan Light offers a series of case studies about local debates about history in New Zealand. These provisional judgements of the past illuminate aspects of what it means to remember - and why it matters.

Why Memory Matters explores these themes, providing crucial insights into the power of memory in shaping cultural and political landscapes.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781990046957

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Bridget Williams Books

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 250g

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