War, transgenerational memory and documentary film
Mediated and institutional memory in historical culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12592004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jukka Kortti (0000-0003-0086-4143, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-112 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rethinking History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-2529 • E-ISSN: 1470-1154 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13642529.2022.2042649 |
| OpenAlex | W4212849656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article makes use of history documentary films to examine mediated historical culture and memory narrated by media. It particularly focuses on transgenerational dimensions of memory in media representations – the idea of how collective memories are transmitted through media to a second generation of people who did not directly experience the actual events but who nonetheless have often been exposed to the traumatic tensions of the first generation. The article first asks how mediated memory provides different views on war in historical culture. Second, it discusses how the memory of war is negotiated in the contemporary institutional historical culture of a democracy. The article demonstrates that since the role of the state in public remembrance is no longer as clear-cut as before, at least in democratic countries, historical culture is a more appropriate and precise concept than either civil society or even public history for analysing the importance of memory in society. The article also confirms the notion that it is difficult, if not even impossible, to separate media-narrated memory into the collective and private spheres of life. The empirical body of research consists of three Finnish history documentary films on WWII screened or broadcast in 2017, when Finland celebrated its 100-year anniversary
Aesthetics · Art · Collective memory · Cultural memory · Democracy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science · Transgenerational epigenetics · Anthropology · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |