Critical Memory Studies

<p>Bringing together a diverse array of new and established scholars and creative writers in the rapidly expanding field of memory studies this collection creatively delves into the multiple aspects of this wide-ranging field. Contributors explore race-ing memory; environmental studies and memory; digital memory; monuments memorials and museums; and memory and trauma. <p/> Organised around 7 sections this book examines memory in a global context from Kashmir and Chile to the US and UK. Featuring contributions on topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement; the AIDS crisis; and memory and the anthropocene this book traces and consolidates the field while analysing and charting some of the most current and cutting-edge work as well as new directions that could be taken.</p>