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The volume editors address the origins and evolution of the contemporary preoccupation with memory within the fields of trauma and memory studies to date, when a “memory boom” has made memory a central concern in culture and politics in all societies at a global scale. Important contributing factors to this boom are pointed out together with many of its various effects and the key frictions areas that will be examined in the volume. A brief outline of all the contributions is also provided, highlighting the common aspects across the twelve main chapters as well as the novelty they imply when looking at the de- and re-construction of memory in the public sphere. Finally, some future lines of research are hinted at, and the main challenges for the future of memory studies are discussed.
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Martínez-Alfaro, M.J., Pellicer-Ortín, S. (2017). Introduction: Memory Frictions—Conflict–Negotiation–Politics in Contemporary Literature in English. In: Martínez-Alfaro, M., Pellicer-Ortín, S. (eds) Memory Frictions in Contemporary Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61759-6_1
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