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Memory Communities

Memory Communities is a theoretical construct in transnational memory studies that denotes a transnationally dispersed social formation united by shared mnemonic practices, collective narratives, and affective ties to past events, distinguished from other social memory groups by its transcendence of national borders and institutional frameworks in the co-construction of memory.

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9.9K

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262

Authors

166

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2017–2026

47

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Publications

177

Social memories: Steps to a sociology of the past

Eviatar Zerubavel · Qualitative Sociology · 1996 · 599 citations

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The city of collective memory: its historical imagery and architectural entertainments

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 498 citations

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Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture.

Alan Trachtenberg, Michael Kämmen · The American Historical Review · 1993 · 445 citations

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Mystic chords of memory: the transformation of tradition in American culture

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 438 citations

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Wounded cities: Memory-work and a place-based ethics of care

Karen E. Till · Political Geography · 2011 · 386 citations

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Authors

262

  1. MK
    Michael Kämmen

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 663 citations

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  2. DM
    Diego M. Coraiola

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  3. JV
    James V. Wertsch

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    2 publications · 323 citations

    2

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  4. RA
    Roberto Augusto Castellanos Fernandez

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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  5. DL
    Daniel Lévy

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 425 citations

    2

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1–5 of 262

Institutions

166

  1. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    116 citations

  2. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    154 citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  4. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

  5. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

  6. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    257 citations

  7. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

  8. IBM Research - Almaden

    San Jose, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    328 citations

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Venues

  1. Memory Studies

    22 publications · 681 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 4 publications · 709 citations

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  5. Representations

    4 publications · 180 citations

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