Prosthetic Memory

Prosthetic Memory

The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture

by Alison Landsberg

240 pages· 2013· ISBN 9780231503136
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"Prosthetic Memory" argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live.

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