Binding: Paperback
Description: Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation. In this second edition Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and how new technologies from online game - playing to internet genealogy have brought about a shift in access to history discussing the often conflicted relationship between public and academic history and raising important questions about the theory and practice of history as a discipline. Fully revised throughout with up - to - date examples from sources such as W olf Hall Game of Thrones and 12 Years a Slave this edition also includes new sections on the historical novel gaming social media and genealogy. It considers new ground - breaking texts and media such as You Tube in addition to entities and practices such as re - enactment that have been underrepresented in historical discussion thus far. Engaging with a broad spectrum of source material and comparing the experiences of the UK the US a France and Germany as well as exploring more global trends Consuming History offers an essential path through the debates for readers interested in history cultural studies and the media.
Title: Consuming History Historians And Heritage In Contemporary Popular Culture
Author(s): De Groot Jerome (University Of Manchester Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138905320
Pages: 316 Pages, 5 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 2/8/2016
Category: Media Studies