Cultural factors shape the symbolic environment in which
contentious politics take place. Among these factors, collective
memories are particularly relevant: they can help collective action
by providing symbolic material from the past, but at the same time
they can constrain people's ability to mobilise by imposing
proscriptions and prescriptions. This book analyses the
relationship between social movements and collective memories: how
do social movements participate in the building of public memory?
And how does public memory, and in particular the media's
representation of a contentious past, influence strategic choices
in contemporary movements? To answer these questions the book draws
its focus on the evolution of the representation of specific events
in the Italian and Spanish student movements of the 1960s and
1970s. Furthermore, through qualitative interviews to contemporary
student activists in both countries, it investigates the role of
past waves of contention in shaping the present through the
publicly discussed image of the past.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
