Bøger af Elizabeth Jelin

This book provides an introduction to the complexity of ideas and approaches which have been brought to bear on memory and its importance for understanding social and political realities. It discusses theories which explore the ways in which conflicts over memory shape individual and collective identities, as well social and political cleavages.

Organized around Argentine "memory wars" since the 1970s, The Struggle for the Past undertakes an innovative exploration of memory's dynamic social character. It also gives an illuminating account of the emergence and development of Memory Studies as a field.