London and the Politics of Memory: In the Shadow of Big Ben

ISBN-13: 9780367727819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 190 str.

Stuart Burch

Opis

This book provides an original, impassioned exploration of memory studies and the uses of the past in the present. It capitalises on London’s global appeal and Big Ben’s iconic status.

Spis treści

Minute Prologue 

Picture Time Preamble 

1. Rock Around the Clock 

2. Dead Centre: Big Ben in Fiction, Fixtures and Film 

3. Shadow Histories and Forgetful Rememberings 

4. Muliebral Memories: From Millicent to Margaret 

5. Ding-Dong Bell, The Old Iron Woman is Unwell 

6. A Most Abnormal Englishman and a Minute Monument 

7. Stop the Clock: Politics and Preservation 

8. To End at the Beginning

O autorze

Stuart Burch is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of International Media (ICUC), the Sino–UK Joint Institute of Communication at the University of China and Nottingham Trent University.