Collective Memory as Currency: The Dominance of the Past in the Present

by Tracy Adams

Why is the past so dominant in the present? This book conceptualizes collective memory as currency, a medium of exchange, a system in common use, and one that is traded between and within nations. Bringing together contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scholarship, this volume shows how past events are used and perceived as a commodity and a substantially fungible marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs, their supply or demand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111211711
• ISBN13: 9783111211718
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"