Cultural Memory in Translation: Revisiting Cultural Memory Through Interpretative Lens
Editors
Dr. Ananta Geetey Uppal1 & Dhairya Barot2
1Professor of English and Business Communication, School of Liberal Arts and Management Studies, P P Savani University, India; 2Assistant Professor of English, School of Liberal Arts and Management Studies,
P P Savani University, India.
ISBN (Ebook): 978-93-49926-63-9
ISBN (Paperback): 978-93-49926-75-2
ISBN (Hardback): 978-93-49926-41-7
10.46679/9789349926639
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Published: November 10, 2025
About the book
Cultural Memory in Translation is theoretically grounded in foundational memory studies scholarship while advancing innovative interpretative frameworks that challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries. The volume draws primarily from three seminal theoretical traditions that have shaped the field: Maurice Halbwachs’ pioneering concept of collective memory, which argued that human memory can only function within collective contexts where social groups provide frameworks for remembrance (Halbwachs, 1992); Jan Assmann’s distinction between cultural memory—long-term societal memory spanning up to 3,000 years transmitted through external systems of notation—and communicative memory, typically restricted to 80-100 years (Assmann, 2011); and Pierre Nora’s influential concept of lieux de mémoire (sites of memory), which identified symbolic spaces, practices, and objects that preserve cultural memory when lived tradition has disappeared (Nora, 1989).
When combined, Cultural Memory in Translation’s theoretical synthesis and empirical scope makes translation a crucial framework for comprehending the circulation of transcultural memory. As a result, the book questions widely held beliefs about how memories move, change, and take on new meanings across cultural boundaries, providing academics and professionals with a wealth of resources for further study.
Chapters
Introduction
by Dr. Ananta Geetey Uppal and Dhairya Barot
01: Anti-Sikh Riots (1984): The Erasure of Genocide Through State-Sanctioned Amnesia
by Subham Mandal
02: Bodies That Remember: Caste, Cultural Memory and Narrative Mourning in Malayalam Counter-Archives
by Nandana S. and Dr. Sangeeta Mukherjee
03: Broken Body and Cultural Memory: Tracing Trauma Through Shakuni’s Narrative
by Sowmiya S. L. and Dr. Sangeeta Mukherjee
04: Brushstrokes of Trauma and a Work Without an Author: Navigating The Canvas of Politics, Trauma and Memory in Never Look Away (2018)
by Ramyani Banerjee
05: Contesting Sites of Memorial Reconstruction and Cultural Amnesia in Pin Yathay’s Stay Alive, My Son
by Sambrita Bhattacharyya
06: Echoes of Home: Ethnic Broadcasting Waves Weaving Prosthetic Memory and Multicultural Identity in Australia
by Dr. Charitha Dissanayake
07: Exploring Sexuality as a Cinematic Memory: A Sociological Study of Four Indian Films
by Ramsha Aveen
08: From Rilke to Waldheim: Materialising Memory a Translator Study of Catherine Hutter & Erika Mitterer
by Dr. Petra Schön
09: Generations of Exile: Resistance and The Reconstruction of Identity in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin
by Ranjeeta Acharya and Dr. Raf Raf Shakil Ansari
10: Historicising a Mother’s Memories: Reading Intersectionality, Identity, and Memory-Scapes in The World of Mahasweta Devi
by Dr. Noyonika
11: Letters As Prosthetic: A Reading of Subash Chandran’s a Preface to Man
by Roshna N. S. and Aiswarya S. Babu
12: Life-Narratives as Cultural and Collective Memories with a Pedagogical Sense of Life from Brazilian Experiential Contexts
by Paulo Quadros
13: Memory and the Female Subject: An Analysis Of ‘Ormayude Njaramb’ By Kr Meera
by Ardra R.
14: Myths on Wheels: Cultural Memory and Translation of Lord Krishna in The Indian Anime Roll No. 21
by Aida Shaji and Dr. Sangeeta Mukherjee
15: Poetics of Counter-Resistance: The Politics of Language and Translation in Miya Poetry
by Subhrima Bandyopadhyay and Rubai Islam
16: Prosthetic Memory and The Fabric of Multicultural Identity in The Works of Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahi
by Dr. Neha Anand
17: Shaping Historical Consciousness and Religious Identity: Text and Practices and Cultural Memory in The Mappila Community
by Shahid Panambra
18: Songs of Hurt, Songs of Home: Lullabies as Carriers of Diasporic Memory
by Shreelina Ghosh
19: Texts That Remember: Cuadernillos, Vatican Decrees, and Sacred Music Congresses for The Construction of Cultural Memory in Rural Spain
by Julia Escribano Blanco
20: Through The Prism of Social Constructionism: Family Dynamics and Memory in “Paromitar Ek Din”
by Sadiqa Jissan Nabila
21: Translating Pain: Art, Trauma, and The Political Memory of Nazism in German Cultural Consciousness
by Dr. Preeti Sharma
22: Remembrances, Rejections and Representation in Indo-Caribbean Fictions
by Victoria V. Chang
23: Sites of Dissent and Power: Transmission of Cultural Memory Through Resistance Slogans and Songs
by Anubhuti Srivastava and Ayushi Dwivedi
Afterword
by Dr. Ananta Geetey Uppal and Dhairya Barot
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