This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. The authors take

This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. Here authors com

Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present, and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally, because memory is medi

Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present, and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally, because memory is medi

This book focuses on the myriad ways that people collectively remember or forget shared pasts through popular dance. In dance classes, nightclubs, family celebr