Author

Amber Lee

Date of Award

Spring 2022

Document Type

Open Access Dissertation

Department

English Language and Literatures

First Advisor

John Muckelbauer

Abstract

This dissertation examines four main sites of memory scholarship (bodily memory, historical and historiographical memory, material memory, and digital memory), arguing that at each site, memory is treated in ways which are inconsistent with most current scholarly understandings of how it operates. Each chapter focuses on one of the major sites of memory scholarship, demonstrating how particular uses of keywords at that site undercut its own attempt to address memory’s complexity. In the process, I lay the groundwork for alternative conceptions of memory in that site that offer new avenues for memory research.

Rights

© 2022, Amber Lee

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