Mediating Memory in the Museum : Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies) (Reprint)

Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role of museums in the proliferation of the so-called memory boom as well as the influence of memory discourses on international trends in museum cultures.