Coming to terms with a troubled past is the mark of the modern
condition. But how does memory operate? This powerful collection of
original essays probes this question by focusing on Germany, where
historical trauma and political turbulence over the past century
have deeply scarred modern memory and identity. Tracing the role of
memory in German history between the Reformation and reunification,
contributors show how memory has a history and the presence of the
past has historical context. With scholarly zeal and keen insight,
these essays draw on ghost stories and the postwar fiction of
Heinrich Boell, among other memory sites, escorting the reader
through the streets of Alt Hildesheim and the grocery aisles of
East Germany. By historicizing memory, this volume surpasses the
efforts of previous memory scholarship in confronting Germany's
National Socialist past. Standard approaches to memory in modern
Germany have explored how the past represents social relations and
is commemorated in literature, art, and personal narrative. In
taking memory "out of the museum" and "beyond the monument," The
Work of Memory investigates the ways memory forms social relations
and is integral to the construction of identities, communities, and
policies. Profound and provocative, The Work of Memory contributes
to a much-needed anthropology of memory in modern Germany.
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