Negotiating Memory from the Romans to the Twenty-First Century: Damnatio Memoriae

ISBN-13: 9780367549565 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 276 str.

Øivind Fuglerud; Kjersti Larsen; Marina Prusac-Lindhagen

Opis

Manipulation of the past and forced erasure of memories have been global phenomena throughout history, spanning a varied repertoire from the destruction or alteration of architecture, sites, and images, to the banning or imposing of old and new practices. The present volume addresses these questions comparatively across time and geography.

Spis treści

Part I: Forgetting and Remembrance  1. The other side of damnatio memoriae: erasing memory to assert loyalty and identity in the Roman Empire  2. Sámi silence visualized: indigenous loss negotiated in contemporary art  3. ‘An island renowned for its worship’. Environmental change, morality, and forgetfulness in the transforming landscapes of Tonga  4. (Memories of) Monuments in the Czech Landscape: Creation, Destruction, and the Affective Stirrings of People and Things  Part II: Cultural Repression and Contestation  5. Creating the memory of an unbroken Davidic dynasty in the Book of Kings in response to political discontinuity  6. The lure of the damned: contemporary, near contemporary, and modern perceptions of the Vikings  7. Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia: religious nationalism and the Muslim ‘other’  8. Societal dismay and ideological disarray: Political reform and social dynamics in Zanzibar Town  Part III: Destruction and Continuity  9. Destructive aesthetics: mutilating portraits in ancient Rome  10. The fetish and its destruction: spiritual control in Africa and Melanesia  11. Landscape of repressed memories: triumphalism and counter-historical narratives in Sri Lanka’s former warzone  12. Negotiating the memory of Palmyra. ISIS image formation at the cost of ancient cultural heritage