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This volume suggests a model of collective memory that
distinguishes between two conceptual logics of memory
fragmentation: vertical fragmentation and horizontal fragmentation.
It offers a series of case studies of conflict and post-conflict
collective memory, shedding light on the ways various actors
participate in the production, dissemination, and contestation of
memory discourses. With attention to the characteristics of both
vertical and horizontal memory fragmentation, the book addresses
the plurality of diverging, and often conflicting, memory
discourses that are produced within the public sphere of a given
community. It analyzes the juxtaposition, tensions, and
interactions between narratives produced beyond or below the
central state, often transcending national boundaries. The book is
structured according to the type of actors involved in a memory
fragmentation process. It explores how states have been trying to
produce and impose memory discourses on civil societies, sometimes
even against the experiences of their own citizens, and how such
efforts as well as backlash from actors below and beyond the state
have led to horizontal and vertical memory fragmentation.
Furthermore, it considers the attempts by states’ representatives
to reassert control of national memory discourses and the
subsequent resistances they face. As such, this volume will appeal
to sociology and political science scholars interested in memory
studies in post-conflict societies.
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