"This is an innovative, well structured and balanced collection of essays which presents a survey of theories and case studies underpinning the burgeoning field of memory studies. It addresses the 'big issues' including witnessing, trauma, memorials, the relation between personal and public memory, and generational transmission." - Peter Carrier, author of HOLOCAUST MONUMENTS AND NATIONAL MEMORY

"This is an excellent collection of essays." - Peter Lawson, Open University, London

Memory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest. This volume...