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The Past Within Us - Media, Memory, History (Paperback)
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The Past Within Us - Media, Memory, History (Paperback)
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Despite predictions of the "death of the past" and the "end of
history," the past refuses to go away. In fact, the start of the
twenty-first century has seen an upsurge of interest in popular
representations of history on the large and small screen, and of
impassioned political conflicts over rival understandings of the
past. Historical responsibility and apology have become contentious
topics of domestic politics and of international diplomatic
relations, and memory a profitable commodity for sale to mass
markets. Against this background, how do historians deal with the
problems of the search for "historical truth"? The Past Within Us
approaches these issues by examining the problems of representing
history in the popular media. Drawing on examples from East Asian
and American as well as European history, it poses the question:
What happens when accounts of history are transferred from one
medium to another? How far does the medium shape the message? How
can historians deploy contemporary media in ways which evoke and
develop the historical imagination? From the romances of Walter
Scott to Steven Spielberg blockbusters, from online Irish
nationalism to Japanese revisionist comic books, The Past Within Us
explores some of the more dramatic modern popular representations
and reflects on the key challenges and possibilities for the
communication of history in a multimedia age.
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