{"product_id":"why-memory-matters-by-rowan-light-9781990046957","title":"Why Memory Matters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked by waves of loss, grief, absence, and victimhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy are certain aspects of the past remembered over others, and why does this matter?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn response to this fraught question, historian Rowan Light offers a series of case studies about local debates about history in New Zealand. These provisional judgements of the past illuminate aspects of what it means to remember - and why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy Memory Matters\u003c\/em\u003e explores these themes, providing crucial insights into the power of memory in shaping cultural and political landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Bateman Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844309668076,"sku":"9781990046957","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6cebcdf1706b7c3f593a95a41cf61354.jpg?v=1758835896","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/why-memory-matters-by-rowan-light-9781990046957","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}