This article situates the emergence of the field of memory studies in relation to several areas of study: cultural studies, media studies, communication and visual culture. It considers key concepts of those fields — memory practices, technologies of memory, mediation and consumerism — in relation to memory studies. Finally, it reflects on some cautionary aspects of memory studies as it moves forward as a field of study.
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%1 sturken_memory_2008
%A Sturken, Marita
%D 2008
%J Memory Studies
%K consumer-culture intellectual internalist memory-studies visual-communication
%N 1
%P 73--78
%T Memory, Consumerism and Media: Reflections on the Emergence of the Field
%V 1
%X This article situates the emergence of the field of memory studies in relation to several areas of study: cultural studies, media studies, communication and visual culture. It considers key concepts of those fields — memory practices, technologies of memory, mediation and consumerism — in relation to memory studies. Finally, it reflects on some cautionary aspects of memory studies as it moves forward as a field of study.
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