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Includes discussion of the concepts of collective memory (Halbwachs); national memory; Winter’s conception of remembrance; and Assmann’s distinction between communicative and cultural memory. Begins to look at the distinctions between memory and history and the debate regarding Nora’s concept of lieu de mémoire as well as outlining Goffman’s theory of frame analysis.
Looks at the role music plays in memory and remembrance and goes on to examine a group of songs specifically written in connection with these concepts notably those by Mark Knopfler, Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson, Gary Miller, GuvNor, Demon and Sam Sweeney.
The original chapter was corrected: The guitar solo on ‘Remembrance Day’ by GuvNor is played by Robin Harding and not Steve Meredith as stated originally on page 60, line 15.
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Grant, P. (2017). Remembrance, Memory and Popular Music. In: National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music. Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-60139-1_3
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