Overview
- Makes a conceptual and empirical contribution to both memory and migration studies
- First in-depth analysis of how political memories inform and are formed by the politics of migration in Australia
- Propose a novel approach to thinking about memories as political categories with relevance for the construction of social relations
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies (PMMS)
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“What makes memories political, and what does politics do to memory? In this important book, Olaf Kleist develops the concept of political memory to understand the role of memory in migration, and vice versa. This is an enormously sophisticated work of both high theory and close empirical analysis, and makes an outstanding contribution to the growing field of memory studies, with implications far beyond the issue (migration) and case (Australia) it examines.” (Professor Jeffrey Olick, University of Virginia)
“In this book Olaf Kleist has produced a tour de force for migration historians and theorists of memory alike. He brings a fresh German perspective to the key debates about remembrance, migration and belonging in Australia by exploring the history of Australia Day commemoration from a political science perspective. By using a concept called ‘political memory’ he not only explores the inherently political nature of remembering but also the way memories have impact in various political arenas across time, such as government policies and practice, and how these in turn influence memory work in the present. In doing so he makes a vital contribution to the contemporary concerns about how we imagine ‘belonging’ in the increasingly culturally diverse societies of the world in the twenty-first century.” (Professor Paula Hamilton, UTS Sydney)
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Book Title: Political Memories and Migration
Book Subtitle: Belonging, Society, and Australia Day
Authors: J. Olaf Kleist
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57589-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57588-3Published: 23 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57589-0Published: 15 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6257
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6265
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Memory Studies, Cultural Heritage, Migration, Political History